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A guide to organising a street party - telling your council, closing roads, getting insurance and licences

• Telling your local council

  Street parties on quiet streets that do not affect the wider road network…

• Closing a road

  You’ll need to get permission from your local council to close a road.…

• Licences

  Alcohol and food A licence is not needed if you’re going to provide…

We are an independent review, looking at the 2015 general election to see how well the regulatory system for third party campaigning works.

• Updated: 15 April 2021

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

• Hours and limits

  Staff who regularly work at least 3 hours during the ‘night period’ are…

• Exceptions to night work limits

  The limits on night working hours do not usually apply: in the armed…

• Health assessments

  Employers must offer workers a free health assessment before they become a…

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants

A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals, and example scenarios.

• Updated: 28 October 2023

Tax and reporting rules for employers whose employees receive third-party awards or incentives

All private sector businesses that want to do building control work in England and Wales under the Building Act 1984 (as amended) must apply to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

• Updated: 26 March 2025

You need to realign the payment date of your FPS with the tax month or week if you reported it incorrectly or changed payday.

• Updated: 6 April 2015

Check what you need to tell your local council if you are organising a small street party with your neighbours