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Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Employment Tribunal decision.
DASA seeks innovations to provide protection for land based assets from air attacks
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
The Security Minister updated the House of Commons on the Walney report.
New legislation will provide extra protections for victims' counselling notes during criminal investigations.
We are seeking views on how the Protect Duty can make the public safer at publicly accessible locations.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
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