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Caring for a relative: your right to carer's leave (since 2024)
If you care for an ill or elderly relative, since April 2024 you have a new right — carer's leave. Here is who qualifies and how much.
Squatting in a home is a crime: what the law says
Moving into an empty house «because no one lives there» is not a grey area but a crime. Here is what exactly is banned — and what it does NOT cover.
Losing a child: your right to paid leave («Jack's Law»)
If an employee loses a child, the law gives a right to leave — up to two weeks. It is known as «Jack's Law». Here it is, calmly and to the point.
A neighbour's camera or doorbell films your garden: your rights
Video doorbells and home cameras are everywhere. But if a camera captures someone else's property, the pavement or a shared area, data protection law applies.
Being harassed: what the law protects and how to stop it
Persistent calls and messages, being followed, threats — all can fall under the law against harassment. Here is what it provides and how to use it.
New job: your written terms must be given on day one
A verbal «we'll sort it out once you start» is not lawful. By law, your main terms must be given to you in writing no later than your first day.
Buying privately or from a shop: why your rights differ
Bought a used car or furniture and it turned out faulty? What you are owed depends on who you bought from — a business or a private individual.
A faulty game, app or film: what your rights are
Paid-for content — games, apps, e-books, films, in-app purchases — is also protected by consumer law. If it doesn't work as it should, you have remedies.
Money docked from your pay: when it's legal and when it isn't
A till shortfall, a broken item, «paying back» training — employers sometimes dock this from pay. But by law they cannot simply take money.
Check the deal with your prime
New government guidance tells SMEs to pin down workshare, payment, liability, intellectual property and exclusivity before working through a prime supplier. A late commercial debt currently attracts 11.75% statutory annual interest plus £40–£100 recovery compensation.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Strathclyde
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Strathclyde. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Central, Tayside & Fife
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Central, Tayside & Fife. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: North West England
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — North West England. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Can spray foam block your mortgage?
The government has named eight major lenders open to considering homes with spray foam. Homeowners are advised to obtain an independent inspection, gather documents and ask the lender before paying for removal.
Pregnant workers gain dismissal protection
From October 2027, an employer will have to show that dismissing a pregnant employee or a parent returning from qualifying family leave was proportionate and that reasonable alternatives were unavailable. Here is who will be covered, what already applies and why the reform is not an absolute ban on dismissal.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Northern Ireland
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Northern Ireland. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: North East England
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — North East England. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Highlands & Eilean Siar
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Highlands & Eilean Siar. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
UK announces less company paperwork and extended import duty suspensions
The UK government estimates that a package of measures could save businesses almost £800 million a year. It plans to extend duty suspensions on more than 250 goods and pause the proposed April 2028 profit-and-loss filing requirement for small and micro companies. The announcement does not guarantee savings for every firm.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Grampian
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Grampian. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Met Office issues amber warning for wind: Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind — Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders. Check the Met Office site for the map, the exact area and the times it covers.
Sumitomo Electric opens £350 million subsea cable factory in Scotland
The UK's first high-voltage direct-current subsea cable factory has opened at the Port of Nigg in north-east Scotland. Sumitomo Electric puts investment in the facility at £350 million and plans to create more than 200 direct jobs.
Split pay? Check the tax
HMRC has named two more arrangements where part of a worker’s earnings is presented as ordinary salary while the remainder is paid without tax deductions. The worker may still face tax, interest and a penalty.
Stock up before an outage
The government advises households to prepare for three days without power, water, phone service or internet. The guide points to 9 litres of drinking water per person, plus food, a torch, radio, power bank, cash and medicines.
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