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Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.

An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

• Overview

  You need to be registered to vote before you can vote in UK elections or…

• Voting in person

  You vote in person at a polling station (usually in a public building,…

• Voting by post

  You must apply for a postal vote if you want to vote by post, for example…

• Voting by proxy

  If you’re unable to vote in person you can ask someone to vote on your…

• Voting from abroad

  How you vote when you’re abroad depends on: whether you’ll be abroad…

• Photo ID you'll need

  You’ll need to show photo ID when voting in person in some UK elections or…

• Voting as a proxy for someone else

  You may be asked to vote on behalf of someone else if they’re unable to…

How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - online, Direct Debit, bank transfer, cheque.

• Overview

  You may be able to pay voluntary Class 3 contributions to fill gaps in…

• Pay online through the Check your State Pension forecast service

  You may be able to pay voluntary contributions online through the State…

• Pay online using your bank account

  You can pay voluntary Class 3 National Insurance directly using your…

• Set up regular payments

  If you know you’ll have gaps in your National Insurance record in the…

• Make an online or telephone bank transfer

  You can make a bank transfer using Faster Payments, CHAPS or Bacs: from…

• Pay at your bank or building society

  Pay at a branch by cash or cheque. You’ll need the payslip HM Revenue and…

• Send a cheque through the post

  You can pay by sending a cheque to: HM Revenue and Customs National…

Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families

Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’

Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees

How to pay a Self Assessment late filing penalty or late payment penalty by Direct Debit, bank transfer, credit card, cheque or at a bank or building society.

How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.

Apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme if you suffered losses because you could not show you had the right to live in the UK: eligibility, how to claim.

A Vaccine Damage Payment is a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000 if you're severely disabled as a result of vaccination against certain diseases - what you'll get, eligibility and applying.