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Self Assessment tax return forms for the current tax year
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
You can change the photo on your driving licence online at any time by renewing your licence - cost, how to pay and apply, applying by post.
Get details of your employment history from HMRC if you need to make a claim for compensation.
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Find out if you can get legal aid, which can help pay for legal advice, family mediation or representation in court or at a tribunal if you cannot afford it
The European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) - which countries are in the EU and EEA, the single market and free movement of goods, capital, services and people
Use this service to apply for a teacher training course.
Check if you can get free or cheaper insulation to reduce your home’s energy bills - including cavity wall insulation and loft insulation.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Find out how much you need to put aside for your Self Assessment tax bill by using HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) Self Assessment tax calculator.
Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
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