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Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
Use this service if you need to repay money you owe from a benefit.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment.
Check your council's website to find out when your rubbish will be collected
Search for a personalised number plate registration and buy it from DVLA online or at auction
What you need to do if you start working for yourself.
Get money off your court or tribunal fees if you do not have much in savings, and get certain benefits or have a low income.
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
You cannot buy or use fireworks if you're under 18, and you must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except on certain occasions
Get a passport for your child or baby - renewals and first child passports, application form, supporting paperwork, eligibility, costs
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.
Check when your electronic travel authorisation (ETA) expires and what to do if you’ve changed your passport or need a new ETA to visit the UK.
Contact details for the Student Loans Company – including repayment and refund enquiries.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
What Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is, how to work it out, current CGT rates and how to pay.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
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