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Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.
You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council
How to pay your VAT bill - including online by card or Direct Debit, from your bank with HMRC’s bank details, by standing order or at your bank or building society.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
How long you can stay in the EU or Schengen area without a visa, when you travel from the UK.
Sign in to the Construction Industry Scheme online service to file your contractor monthly returns or verify a subcontractor.
Contact information for the General Register Office
Report tax fraud by a person or business to HMRC - tax evasion, VAT fraud, false, Child Benefit or tax credit fraud.
Buy a private (personalised) number plate, assign it or transfer it to a vehicle - renew or update your entitlement certificate.
How to apply for a council house or flat - housing waiting lists, types of tenancies, the Right to Buy scheme and repairs, complaining about the council
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
The eyesight rules to pass your driving test and for whenever you're driving.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Apply online for student finance - online applications for student finance including Tuition Fee Loans, Maintenance Loans and Grants.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Get details of your employment history from HMRC if you need to make a claim for compensation.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to.
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