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The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

UK residence cards: EEA biometric residence card (BRC) and BRCs issued through the EU Settlement Scheme - what it is, report it lost or stolen.

• Overview

  UK residence cards include EEA biometric residence cards (BRCs) and BRCs…

• Report a lost or stolen card

  Your card has been lost or stolen Email BRCLost@homeoffice.gov.uk…

• If you have pre-settled or settled status

  You can continue to use your residence card until it expires. You can use…

• If you do not have pre-settled or settled status

  You cannot use your UK residence card at the border to enter the UK unless…

Report a change of address, personal details or circumstances if you have a visa or biometric residence permit (BRP), or if you've applied for one

A temporary export bar has been placed on Michael Rysbrack’s sculpture of two ‘putti’ supporting an architrave

• Updated: 6 February 2026

How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa

Derivative residence cards are no longer valid. Find out how to prove your right to live in the UK if you're the carer or child of a European citizen.

Biometric residence permits (BRP) - what they are, personal data, how to report problems.

Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.

• Updated: 12 November 2025

This change note provide information on changes to the English Housing Survey live tables following a review in spring 2024.

• Updated: 17 July 2025