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• Updated: 30 May 2023

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

• When you can make decisions for someone

  Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…

• How to make decisions

  As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…

• Checking mental capacity

  A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…

• Updated: 16 May 2025

Youth crime prevention programmes - how young people are put on a programme, what they're like, mentoring and involving parents and families.

Bringing people to the forefront of the Department for Transport's policies to ensure transport systems work for everyone.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

An update from the government on industry-led measures to improve player protections with regards to loot boxes in video games.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

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

• Updated: 10 June 2022

Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity

This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).

• Updated: 10 October 2025

Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.