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Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
You could get a fine and penalty points if you're caught speeding, or could even lose your licence
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass
Get help with savings if you're on a low income (Help to Save) - how it works, what you'll get, eligibility, how it affects your benefits and how to apply online.
Marriage Allowance allows you to transfer some of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner: what you get and how to apply for free.
How much it costs to renew or get a new adult or child passport and ways you can pay
Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made
Contact HM Passport Office (previously the Identity and Passport Service) advice line - telephone, text relay, textphone, opening hours.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Contact details for the Student Loans Company – including repayment and refund enquiries.
Find the right number, email or address to contact DVSA about driving tests, instructor services, MOT, operator licensing and Driver CPC.
Book a National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme course
Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.
A deed poll recognises a change of name of an adult or child - make your own, use official forms, or get one through a specialist agency or solicitor
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
Find out if there’s flooding in your area: flood warnings, flood alerts plus river, sea and groundwater levels.
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