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Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Sign in to your Help to Save account - check your balance, grow your savings and bonus, read your messages and do other tasks
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.
Check the date and time of your driving test appointment if you've lost or deleted your driving test confirmation email.
Apply for your first adult British passport - who can apply, how long it takes, costs, how to apply, documents you need, passport interviews.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
High Income Child Benefit Charge - check if you're affected, how and when to pay this tax charge, opt out, restart Child Benefit payments or tell HMRC about a change in your circumstances.
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your name.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.
Search for a personalised number plate registration and buy it from DVLA online or at auction
Become a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
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 British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
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