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Bereavement compensation information for when a service person's or veteran's death is predominantly caused by His Majesty's Armed Forces service on or after 6 April 2005.
This briefing focuses on the explosion in access to communications technology among communities affected by disasters
Find out the rules for transferring the basic tax-free allowance (nil rate band) to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
Find out the rules for transferring unused tax-free residence allowance to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Government bringing together experts in the field to drive forward progress in tackling cancer in children and young people.
This guide, for the Caribbean, Pacific and Africa from the Commonwealth Cyber Declaration, helps people and businesses use the internet safely and securely.
Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
Survival for people diagnosed by cancer type, split by stage at diagnosis. Data based on people diagnosed in England in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
A new policy to ensure appropriate support to victims/survivors of unacceptable sexual behaviour and to introduce a presumption of discharge for personnel found to have behaved in a sexually unacceptable way.
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