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• Maternity pay and leave

  Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

  • Overview

    When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…

  • Leave

    Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…

  • Pay

    Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…

  • Eligibility

    Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…

  • How to claim

    Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…

  • Extra help

    Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…

• Interrupted time series study

  How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.

  • Updated: 22 December 2020
• Visa processing times: applications inside the UK

  Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.

  • Updated: 21 July 2025
• Rapid Real Time Review: Department for International Development (DFID) Somalia Drought Response

  Rapid Real Time Review of the DFID Somalia 2017 Internal Risk Facility funded famine prevention programme

  • Updated: 15 February 2018
• Visa processing times: applications outside the UK

  Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.

  • Updated: 22 October 2025
• Get a faster decision on your visa or settlement application

  Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
• UK clinical trial approval times twice as fast with AI and reforms

  Patients receive earlier access to life-saving treatments as UK trial approval times cut in half from 91 to just 41 days.

  • Updated: 7 October 2025
• Fairer, faster redress in the energy market: consultation response (accessible webpage)
  • Updated: 17 June 2026
• Not so Quick

  The Traffic Commissioner for the East of England, Richard Turfitt, has taken regulatory action against HGV Quick Transport Ltd and its Transport Manager, Sergiu Florin Leho, following a series of significant compliance failures uncovered during DVSA investigations.

  • Updated: 30 March 2026
• Waiting lists cut 3 times faster in highest joblessness areas

  Waiting lists in 20 areas in England fall 3 times faster than the national average thanks to experts deployed by government to help supercharge NHS care.

  • Updated: 14 January 2026