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How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
If you’re sent to prison for 2 or more crimes, you’ll usually get a…
A suspended prison sentence is served in the community instead of in…
A determinate prison sentence is for a fixed length of time. It includes a…
An indeterminate prison sentence does not have a fixed length of time.…
If you’re found guilty of murder, a court must give you a life sentence. A…
If you’re under 18 you’ll be treated differently to adults by a court. You…
On 18 March the Defence Secretary announced new measures to enable armed forces personnel to support public services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
OPS&S supersedes the former Regulatory Delivery directorate, and will work with local authorities and others to take forward its responsibilities, including Primary Authority and Better Business for All. Regulatory Delivery was part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial...
Guidance for local authorities, port health authorities and food traders on how to submit a sample for referee analysis.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Nationwide takedown of illegal delivery riders leads to over 170 arrests.
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
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