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Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Marriage Allowance allows you to transfer some of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner: what you need, how to apply for free online.
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.
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Apply for probate or confirmation if there's Inheritance Tax to pay, or if the deceased's estate does not qualify as an 'excepted estate'.
Arrange a special collection for large waste items - most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee
Find legal advice to solve legal problems out of court: solicitors, pro bono lawyers, barristers, mediators and legal aid.
Blue Badge parking permits let disabled drivers and passengers park nearer to where they're going - find out more about Blue Badges from your council
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Use this form to ask a court to set aside or vary a judgment, or suspend an enforcement process.
Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and have not got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Application form OC1 for official copies of register/plan or certificate in Form CI.
What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Use this form to apply for a 'child arrangements', 'prohibited steps' or 'specific issue' order under the Children Act 1989. You might be able to apply online.
Use this service to apply for a teacher training course.
Search for someone to help you with advice and applications to stay in the UK - free and paid-for services, adviser levels 1, 2, 3 and complaints.
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