Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do

Stay at home

  • Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)
  • If you go out, stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people at all times
  • Wash your hands as soon as you get home

Do not meet others, even friends or family.

You can spread the virus even if you don’t have symptoms.

Policy papers and consultations

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  1. Media Freedom Coalition: an overview

    This page gives an introduction to the Media Freedom Coalition, a partnership of countries working to defend media freedom where it is under threat.

  2. Media Freedom Coalition Executive Group statement on coronavirus (COVID-19)

    The Media Freedom Coalition Executive Group called all members to continue protecting access to free media and the free exchange of information.

  3. Open access restriction at Silence and Old Grove Mines (3): how to comment

    Find out about plans to change public access to open access land at Silence and Old Grove Mines (Great Hucklow) in the Peak District National Park.

  4. Housing Infrastructure Fund

    Information about the Housing Infrastructure Fund - now closed for bids.

  5. Consultation on Improving the Victims’ Code

    A consultation on improving the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

  6. Open access restriction at Eccles-on-Sea: how to comment

    Find out about the proposed restriction to open access land at Eccles-on-Sea in Norfolk.

  7. Thames: groundwater situation

    The latest update on monitored groundwater levels and whether there are any groundwater alerts or warnings in force.

  8. Coronavirus (COVID-19): scaling up testing programmes

    How the government intends to scale up testing programmes to provide a test to anyone who needs one.

  9. Payment cards - Pan-Government policy

    Policy for central Government departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) governing the use of payment cards.

  10. Government response to IICSA’s Accountability and Reparations Report

    The Government has responded to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) Accountability and Reparations Investigation Report.

  11. Dorset abstraction licensing strategy

    How water is managed in the Dorset Water Framework Directive management area.

  12. Indemnity in general practice

    Information on the development of a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England.

  13. Arundel tidal defence scheme

    How the Environment Agency is working to reduce flood risk in Arundel.

  14. Helston: reducing the risk of flooding

    What the Environment Agency is doing to reduce the risk of flooding in Helston, West Cornwall.

  15. UK visa fees

    Immigration and nationality fees for all applications made from outside and within the UK.

  16. Slides and datasets to accompany coronavirus press conference: 4 April 2020

    Press conference slides and datasets used by Professor Stephen Powis.

  17. Local Environmental Management Plans for HS2 Phase One

    These plans set out the site-specific control measures for HS2 contractors working within local authorities along the Phase One route.

  18. Slides and datasets to accompany coronavirus press conference: 3 April 2020

    Press conference slides and datasets used by Matt Hancock.

  19. Heat networks: building a market framework

    We're seeking views on policy options for the development of a regulatory framework for heat networks to protect consumers, support market growth and develop low carbon networks.

  20. Rules for off-payroll working from April 2021

    This measure introduces changes to the operation of the off-payroll working rules from April 2021, these rules are designed to ensure fairness between individuals working in a similar way.