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Find out how DAPNs and DAPOs can help protect you if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
Apply to get a court protection order if you or someone you know is a victim or in danger of female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as 'female circumcision' or 'female genital cutting')
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
New restriction zones will curb the freedoms of the most serious sexual and violent offenders by ‘locking’ them into specific areas where necessary.
A joint Ministry of Defence and industry initiative to improve the protection of the defence supply chain from the cyber threat.
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