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Smokers who choose to quit on 1 January could save a whole day of their life by 8 January, according to new research.

• Updated: 30 December 2024

Find out what you should do if you are leaving or have recently left the armed forces.

• Updated: 12 September 2024

How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence

• When someone can leave prison

  When a prisoner is released depends on: the length of their sentence their…

• Temporary release from prison

  A prisoner may be allowed to leave prison for short periods towards the…

• Before someone leaves prison

  All prisoners get help preparing for life when they leave prison. In the…

• Support when someone leaves prison

  A person leaving prison may get the following financial support: Universal…

What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants

How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing

If you're moving goods outside the UK, you'll need to make an exit summary declaration if you've not fulfilled safety and security requirements with a full customs export declaration.

• Updated: 31 January 2025

Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court

Apply for indefinite leave to remain on the basis of your private life - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle

Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs