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• Keeping information about a higher-risk building: the golden thread

  The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

  • Updated: 18 September 2024
• PM remarks in Hastings: 5 February

  Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave remarks during a visit to Hastings.

  • Updated: 5 February 2026
• Register medical devices to place on the market

  How to register your medical devices with the MHRA for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • Updated: 16 January 2026
• Applying for a completion certificate

  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
• Age of criminal responsibility

  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.
• Defend your intellectual property

  What to do if you think someone's used your intellectual property without permission - types of intellectual property abuse, help resolving disputes and further legal action you can take.
• Avoid unfair terms in sales contracts

  Rules on consumer and business sales contracts under the Unfair Contract Terms Act and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations.
• When someone dies in Haiti

  Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.

  • Updated: 7 October 2025
• Clinical trials for medicines: apply for authorisation in the UK

  How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.

  • Updated: 27 January 2026
• Electrical waste: retailer and distributor responsibilities

  Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.