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Novel technology to counter illegal drone use around prisons and sensitive sites is needed - do you have an innovation that could help?

• Updated: 3 February 2026

Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.

• Updated: 6 February 2025

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

• When you can make decisions for someone

  Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…

• How to make decisions

  As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…

• Checking mental capacity

  A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…

Learn how the Government Digital Service is monitoring accessibility under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

• Updated: 30 September 2024

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

Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.

Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.

• Updated: 9 June 2025

A trust is a way of managing assets (money, investments, land or buildings) for people - types of trust, how they are taxed, where to get help.

Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.

• Updated: 23 January 2024

The Planning Inspectorate appeals casework portal - Terms and Conditions

• Updated: 17 March 2021