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Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively

• Updated: 23 July 2019

Find out about the goods that are restricted and controlled when importing or exporting merchandise in your baggage.

• Updated: 1 December 2023

How to apply for bankruptcy. What to do if you’ve been made bankrupt: if you’re at risk of violence, how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and possessions when you're bankrupt.

• Overview

  Becoming bankrupt is one way to deal with debts you cannot pay. It means…

• Applying to become bankrupt

  There are other options for dealing with your debts that do not restrict…

• If someone's applying to make you bankrupt

  Someone you owe money to can apply to a court to make you bankrupt if you:…

• If you're at risk of violence

  When you’re made bankrupt, your name and address will be published in: the…

• After you've become bankrupt

  You’ll receive a copy of the bankruptcy order. Your name and address will…

• Restrictions

  When you’re bankrupt, you cannot: borrow more than £500 without telling…

• Your home

  The person dealing with your bankruptcy (the ‘trustee’) might sell your…

• Your possessions

  The person dealing with your bankruptcy (the ‘trustee’) will decide if the…

• Your money and income

  You must give the person dealing with your bankruptcy (the ‘trustee’)…

• If you're self employed

  Your business is very likely to be closed, unless the person dealing with…

• Cancel a bankruptcy

  You can apply to cancel (‘annul’) your bankruptcy if: the bankruptcy order…

• When bankruptcy ends

  After 12 months, you’re usually released (‘discharged’) automatically from…

Forms and guidance for professionals working with restricted patients (mentally disordered offenders).

• Updated: 24 March 2023

Find out more about elections and referendums in the UK, including the general election, check who can vote in each election and how voting works.

Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.

Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors

Information on UK sanctions currently in place and how to apply for the appropriate licences.

• Updated: 18 March 2025

Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.

• Updated: 28 June 2023