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Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
To change your name or other personal details on your passport, send the standard passport application form with evidence about the change
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your name.
When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.
Use the Attendance Allowance claim form to apply for financial help for your personal care if you're disabled and State Pension age or older.
There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
A deed poll recognises a change of name of an adult or child - make your own, use official forms, or get one through a specialist agency or solicitor.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults - DLA rates, eligibility, changes because of Personal Independence Payment.
Tax free saving for your first home and later life: what is a LISA, who can apply, 25% government bonus, withdrawal charges.
Get details of your employment history from HMRC if you need to make a claim for compensation.
Find the details of your nearest practical driving test centres
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
What you need to do if you start working for yourself.
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