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• Updated: 1 January 2015

Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16

• Minimum ages children can work

  Part-time work Children can work part-time from the age of 14. In some…

• Paying children and young people

  Children under 16 School-aged children are not entitled to the National…

• Performance licences and supervision for children

  A child may need a licence if they’re under school leaving age and taking…

• Restrictions on child employment

  There are several restrictions on when and where children are allowed to…

• Local council rules for child employment permits

  Most local councils say that businesses intending to employ school-aged…

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster spoke about the cyber threat landscape and how the government is using cyber to drive economic growth in a speech at CyberUK 2025 in Manchester.

• Updated: 7 May 2025

• Updated: 4 September 2023

• Updated: 15 January 2021

• Updated: 7 October 2021

• Updated: 20 June 2023

Find activities and support from your local authority to help your child with communication, language and literacy skills.

This page advises those working with children on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for. This is part of the guidance for the hazard: heat.

• Updated: 19 December 2024

Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.

• Updated: 10 June 2022