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Who is eligible to vote in elections and referendums in the UK
There are different types of UK elections. The most common ones are:…
General elections (elections to the UK Parliament) usually take place…
Local government elections take place at least every 4 years. Not all…
There are 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). To vote in…
There are 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Northern…
There are 60 Members of the Senedd (MSs). To vote in Senedd elections you…
Elected local mayors In some areas of England voters elect a mayor. Check…
There are 41 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales…
A referendum is a vote on a single issue. You usually make one choice…
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…
Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…
Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…
Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…
If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling…
The tables below list waste codes for common construction and demolition…
The tables below list waste codes for common packaging and domestic type…
These tables list common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and…
The tables below list waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle…
The tables below list waste codes for common healthcare and related…
Advice on planning for the housing needs of different groups.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Form Rents 3: Application referring a notice proposing different terms for a Statutory Periodic Tenancy to the Tribunal.
Find out about different rules for entitlement for some employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Bringing people to the forefront of the Department for Transport's policies to ensure transport systems work for everyone.
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
Find out about different rules for entitlement that affect some employment types, including agency workers, directors and educational workers.
Find out which SFI actions in the SFI 2023 offer you can do on different types of eligible land and features, and if the areas can move around your farm.
What we require from each different type of landlord and the approach we will take
Step-by-step guide available in different languages on how to take your coronavirus (COVID-19) antibody test.
Support for local health and care economies to make the rapid shift to payment approaches that will underpin new care models.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
How to use a combination of quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate your digital health product.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
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