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The Secret Intelligence Service, often known as MI6, collects Britain’s foreign intelligence. It provides the government with a global covert capability to promote and defend the national security and economic well-being of the country. SIS works with the Foreign, Commonwealth...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Find out how to convert a same-sex civil partnership into a marriage, costs, converting abroad.

• Converting in England and Wales

  You can convert your same-sex civil partnership into a marriage at: a…

• Converting abroad

  If you formed your same-sex civil partnership in the UK, you may be able…

• Updated: 1 January 2011

Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments

Statistics on historical same-sex sexual conviction disregards and pardons.

• Updated: 15 May 2025

Information to help school leaders plan, develop and implement the new statutory curriculum.

• Updated: 17 February 2022

The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.

• Updated: 3 April 2023

Information and advice on cleaning sex-on-premises venues.

• Updated: 8 June 2022

Support and training materials for schools to help train teachers on relationships, sex and health education.

• Updated: 16 March 2021

A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used trade secrets to protect the know how in their organisations.

• Updated: 4 February 2015