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  • When do the clocks change?

    Dates when the clocks go back or forward in 2024, 2025, 2026 - includes British Summer Time, Greenwich Mean Time

    • From: Home Office
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  • How to buy print copies of official documents

    Find out how to buy print copies of official documents (command, House of Commons and un-numbered act papers) and how to be listed as a supplier of print copies.

    • From: The National Archives
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  • Legislative process: taking a bill through Parliament

    An overview of the process by which bills become law.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • Apply for a postal vote: easy read guide

    This is an easy read step by step guide which will help you complete an application for a postal vote online.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • UK Treaties

    Guidance about the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Treaty Section.

    • From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
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  • Registering to vote: easy read guide

    A step-by-step, easy read guide to registering to vote, for people with a learning disability. This guide is an example of an application to register to vote.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Guidance on devolution

    Advice for civil servants and policymakers on taking account of devolution when working on policies and managing services.

    • From: Cabinet Office and 4 others
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  • Voter Authority Certificate: easy read guide

    An easy read guide to applying for a Voter Authority Certificate. This is a step by step guide on how to complete the application.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Apply for a proxy vote: easy read guide

    This is an easy read step by step guide which will help you complete an application for a proxy vote online.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation

    This guidance is designed to help officials deal with some commonly occurring policy issues that are dealt with by adopting a commonly occurring legislative solution.

    • From: Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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  • Your Vote Matters

    Your Vote Matters aims to give people the knowledge and skills to influence local and national politics.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • Devolution guidance notes

    The devolution guidance notes (DGNs) set out advice on working arrangements between the UK government and the devolved administrations.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • Security guidance for elections

    This collection of guidance provides advice on good security practice for candidates and those in local authorities.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • About Individual Electoral Registration (IER)

    Individual Electoral Registration gives everyone who is eligible to vote control over their own registration and the option to register online.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • Working for the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

    Members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel share their experience of working in the office.

    • From: Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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  • Rock Enrol!®: engaging young people in democracy

    Rock Enrol!® is a high quality, interactive resource pack to encourage young people to register to vote.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • May 2021 elections - note on changes to the nominations process and number of subscribers required for nominations

    This note is to aid clarity and certainty on the numbers of signatures required, and to assist candidates and their supporters and those administering elections.

    • From: Cabinet Office
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  • SLAPPs Taskforce

    The Taskforce sits within the framework of the National Committee for Safety of Journalists, which helps to ensure journalists are able to carry out their work free from physical threats, attacks and violence within the UK.

    • From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
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  • King's or Prince's consent

    Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the need for King's or Prince's consent, and the process to follow.

    • From: Cabinet Office and 1 others
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  • UK/Denmark: Agreement on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of Each Country Resident in the Territory of the Other [CS Denmark No.1/2024]

    This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2024.

    • From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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