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The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is…
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You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.
The home of Department for Culture, Media and Sport on GOV.UK. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England — recognising the UK’s w…
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Find your nearest library to access services such as book loans, CD rentals and internet access
This note sets out how to take account of social value in the award of central government contracts by using the Social Value Model.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
This page introduces the Participation Survey and links to all relevant documents.
Local residents will be protected from being pushed out of their communities by excessive short-term lets thanks to changes in planning rules.
You may need a busking licence or permit from the council before busking in that area. Find out the council's rules on busking and apply online.
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
Members of the Armed Forces, frontline emergency service workers and people actively contributing to The King’s Coronation will be among the 400,000 people to receive a Coronation Medal, the design of which is unveiled today…
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