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What happens if you're charged with a crime. Find out about the hearing, when you can be released on bail and being put in custody (on remand).

• Overview

  If you’re charged with a crime you’ll be given a ‘charge sheet’. This sets…

• Bail

  When you’re waiting for a court hearing or a trial, you might be given…

• Remand

  If the court decides to put you on remand it means you’ll go to prison…

A record 2,300 ‘deal lines’ closed in first year of this government.

• Updated: 8 October 2025

Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work

• Overview

  You can charge fees as an entertainment and modelling agency for finding…

• Terms and conditions

  Terms and conditions of your service and your fees must be agreed in…

• Fees for performers and workers

  You cannot charge fees or deduct money from an entertainment worker or…

• Fees for fashion and photographic models

  You cannot charge fees or deduct money from a model’s earnings until they…

• Fees for other services

  You can charge fees for other services such as producing a photo or show…

• Updated: 8 May 2025

Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.

• Updated: 7 May 2025

• Updated: 9 June 2023

• Updated: 27 February 2025

The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers

Use this sample letter to get a copy of the domestic violence charge from the police, if you're applying for legal aid.

Use this sample letter to get a copy of the child abuse charge from the police, if you're applying for legal aid.