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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')

• Types of discrimination ('protected characteristics')

  It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of: age…

• How you can be discriminated against

  Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: direct…

• Discrimination at work

  The law protects you against discrimination at work, including: dismissal…

• What you can do

  If you think you’ve been unfairly discriminated against you can: complain…

How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.

• Updated: 6 April 2024

How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.

• Updated: 20 September 2024

How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.

• Updated: 6 January 2021

How to protect your personal information from the public, if you are at serious risk as a beneficial owner, managing officer or a trust member of an overseas entity.

• Updated: 5 March 2025

As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.

• Updated: 6 December 2023

The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.

Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.