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• Updated: 20 June 2025

5 quick tips on submitiing your paper for review

• Updated: 30 April 2018

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

• Overview

  You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…

• Property and financial affairs attorneys

  As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…

• Health and welfare attorneys

  As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…

• Use a lasting power of attorney

  If you’re an attorney or the donor on a lasting power of attorney (LPA),…

• Prove you're an attorney on a lasting power of attorney

  Any company or organisation you deal with on behalf of the donor can ask…

• Attorney records and duties

  Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when you make them, for…

• Changes you need to report

  You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…

• When a lasting power of attorney ends

  A lasting power of attorney (LPA) can end in several ways. Usually it ends…

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This page provides support for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) on bidding for government contracts.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

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• Updated: 31 March 2026

Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.

Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

• Updated: 15 June 2020

Resources to help local commissioners achieve value for money by estimating the return on investment (ROI) and cost-effectiveness of public health programmes.

• Updated: 13 November 2025