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New code will strengthen protections for players to mitigate against harm

• Updated: 20 November 2025

How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.

• Overview

  Buying a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take longer…

• Preparing to buy

  When you decide you want to buy a home, you may need to get a mortgage to…

• Deciding on a home

  There are different ways to own a property. Leasehold and freehold…

• Making an offer

  Before you make an offer, check: what the property is worth the number of…

• Transferring ownership (conveyancing)

  Once the offer is accepted, the seller is responsible for drawing up a…

• Tax

  You may need to pay: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a home in…

• Making a complaint

  You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…

• Updated: 28 January 2026

This Cold-Health Alert (CHA) action card details the suggested actions that providers of health or social care should consider to prepare for and respond to each type of CHA.

• Updated: 24 September 2025

The terms and conditions of the free draw upon completing the 2018 Companies House Customer and Stakeholder Opinion Survey.

• Updated: 8 May 2018

Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.

• Updated: 31 March 2017

Find out about Lottery Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.

• Updated: 18 November 2025

The terms and conditions of the free draw upon completing the Companies House corporate transparency survey.

• Updated: 7 February 2024

Voluntary Code for prize draws and competitions in Great Britain.

• Updated: 28 January 2026

• Updated: 26 June 2025