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Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Student finance for most undergraduate and some postgraduate and further education courses starting on or after 1 January 2027. Information about student loans, grants and extra funding to help cover course tuition fees and …
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Get Assisted Digital support with your online Home Office application
If you think a child or young person is at risk or being abused or neglected, contact the children’s social care team at their local council.
Find out who your local councillor is
Exchange your paper driving licence for a new photocard licence online.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Request a replacement exam certificate or a certified statement of results if you've lost your original - check the list of old exam boards if your board no longer exists
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…
Report a change of address, personal details or circumstances if you have a visa or biometric residence permit (BRP), or if you've applied for one
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also called …
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Legal aid helps pay for legal advice, mediation or representation in court - see if you can claim.
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
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