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What happens if you become disabled - benefits, your rights, help from your council and your employer's responsibilities
You have rights if you become disabled to protect you from discrimination.…
Your employer cannot discriminate against you because of your disability -…
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
To be adopted, a child must: be under the age of 18 when the adoption…
To adopt a child you can go through either: an adoption agency that’s part…
Once the agency gets your application it will do the following: Invite you…
To make an adoption legal, you need to apply for an adoption court order.…
You need to tell your local council if you want to adopt your spouse’s or…
You can adopt a child from overseas if: they cannot be cared for in a safe…
For another couple (or person) to adopt your child, you normally have to…
Your Council Tax bill - how to work it out, who has to pay, discounts and exemptions for students and disabled people, second homes, empty properties, paying the bill and getting the Council Tax rebate.
You’ll need to know 3 things: the valuation band for your home in England…
You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax if you’re 18 or over. A full…
Households where everyone’s a full-time student do not have to pay Council…
You might be able to apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption if you…
Second homes You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax on another property…
Your Council Tax bill tells you: how much you have to pay for the year how…
How to pay your Stamp Duty Reserve Tax, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, where you'll live, how long it takes and how much it costs
Protected food name with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.
How Universal Credit works if you’re State Pension age and you got a Migration Notice letter.
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