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You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.

The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person

• Overview

  There are 6 different types of British nationality. These are: British…

• British citizenship

  You can live and work in the UK free of any immigration controls if you’re…

• British overseas territories citizen

  British overseas territories citizenship was called ‘British dependent…

• British overseas citizen

  You became a British overseas citizen on 1 January 1983 if both of these…

• British subject

  Until 1949, nearly everyone with a close connection to the United Kingdom…

• British national (overseas)

  Someone who was a British overseas territories citizen by connection with…

• British protected person

  You would have become a British protected person on 1 January 1983 if you:…

Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

• Overview

  You usually have to pay tax on your UK income even if you’re not a UK…

• Rental income

  You need to pay tax on your rental income if you rent out a property in…

• Selling or inheriting assets

  If you’re not a UK resident, you do not usually pay either: Capital Gains…

• Personal Allowance

  You’ll get a Personal Allowance of tax-free UK income each year if any of…

• If you're taxed twice

  You may be taxed on your UK income by the country where you’re resident…

• If you're a UK resident

  You can live abroad and still be a UK resident for tax, for example if you…

Free support to get people online is rolling out in communities in every region of the country.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.

You do not need to report the result from a COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test in England.

Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs

Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.

• Updated: 29 June 2021

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

Chris Elmore MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America, Caribbean) spoke at an FCDO event to mark Human Rights Day 2025.

• Updated: 10 December 2025