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  • Cost of Living Payment

    Guidance on getting an extra payment to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.

  • UK bank holidays

    Find out when bank holidays are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - including past and future bank holidays

  • Getting the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount

    Find out about the Energy Bills Support Scheme and how you can get support this winter.

  • Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK

    Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.

  • Track or view your DBS certificate

    You can use our online services to check the progress of basic, standard or enhanced checks or view your certificate.

  • Rates and thresholds for employers 2022 to 2023

    Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.

  • People with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19

    Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.

  • Register of licensed sponsors: workers

    List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.

  • Bird flu (avian influenza): how to spot it and report it

    The signs of bird flu, how to report it in poultry and other captive birds and what to do if you find a dead wild bird.

  • Travel to England from another country during coronavirus (COVID-19)

    You do not need to complete a UK passenger locator form before you travel, take any COVID-19 tests or quarantine when you arrive in England.

  • Get a goods movement reference

    Use this service to get a goods movement reference so you can move goods through locations which use the goods vehicle movement service.

  • Living safely with respiratory infections, including COVID-19

    Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).

  • Starter checklist for PAYE

    Use the checklist if you start a new job or have been sent to work in the UK, so your new employer can complete their PAYE payroll.

  • Spain travel advice

    Latest FCDO travel advice for Spain including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.

  • MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles

    Inspection processes and rules for car, private bus and light commercial vehicle (class 3, 4, 5 and 7 vehicle) MOT tests.

  • Energy Bill Relief Scheme: help for businesses and other non-domestic customers

    Find out about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) for non-domestic customers and how you can get support this winter.

  • Using the NHS COVID Pass to demonstrate COVID-19 status

    How to use the NHS COVID Pass to demonstrate your coronavirus (COVID-19) status when travelling abroad.

  • Universal Credit advances

    If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.

  • Success Profiles

    Success Profiles are the new recruitment framework used within the Civil Service.

  • Household Support Fund: guidance for local councils

    Information for local councils on the Household Support Fund to support vulnerable households in England.