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Find out how to use sampling to calculate Air Passenger Duty using a Special Accounting Scheme.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded…
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.…
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth…
Follow your local council’s application process to: apply for a primary…
If your child does not have a place, contact your local council for…
You’ll be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If…
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can not…
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
You’ll probably need planning permission if you want to: build something…
Some building projects do not need planning permission. This is known as…
Your local planning authority (LPA) will decide whether to grant planning…
If your application is refused, try to come to an agreement with the local…
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Guidance for inspectors on how to make this decision and the process to follow.
An evaluation of methods to characterise silica nanoparticles in complex food matrices.
Check when packaging is classified as a finished plastic packaging component, and what is meant by substantial modifications, to find out if you must register for the tax.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay.
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