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Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court.

• Rules your landlord must follow

  Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they need you to leave…

• Accelerated possession

  Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…

• Eviction court hearings

  If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…

• Eviction notices

  If you do not leave your home by the date given in a possession order,…

• Harassment and illegal evictions

  It is a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to remove you from a…

You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship

• Tell the Home Office

  You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from…

• Apply to stay in the UK

  If your visa is based on a relationship that’s ended you must apply if you…

Protect your right to live in a registered or unregistered property owned by your spouse or civil partner during a divorce or separation - getting home rights, after a continuation order

• Overview

  You can register your ‘home rights’ with HM Land Registry - this can help…

• Apply if the property is registered

  Download and fill in the application for registration of a notice for home…

• Apply if the property is unregistered

  Download and fill in the application for registration of a ‘Class F Land…

What to do if you go into a care home and you get benefits

Apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have an Innovator Founder or Innovator visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events such as cold, more intense and variable.

• Updated: 24 September 2025

How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.

Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children

This guidance provides advice for everyone on how to stay safe during hot weather, including how to keep your home cool. 

• Updated: 19 December 2024

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments