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A single email set Alfie Allen on course for a seafaring career that has led him to win the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) Officer Trainee of the Year Award 2025.
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
Find out what vocational or academic courses and qualifications are available at schools, colleges and sixth forms in your area
Young people are set to benefit from TV and film industry support for the Government’s Youth Guarantee.
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Foreign Secretary statement on Jimmy Lai delivered to Parliament on 15 December 2025.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.
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