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Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
You may be eligible for British citizenship if you have a British parent.…
You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and…
You may automatically be a British citizen if you were born before 1…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months - some applications can take…
A list of Responsible Organisations and their responsibilities
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.
HM Coastguard has opened a new seasonal base in west Scotland as part of its ongoing UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme (UKSAR2G)
Common basic data set (CBDS) and assessment component files for use by software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
DBS have created a new explainer animation video, about the online 'request a Basic DBS check' function.
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