Please note that this website has a UK government accesskeys system.
Directgov welcomes and encourages other websites to link to it as the main UK central government website. You can use the linking code and images provided below to link to Directgov. By linking to Directgov you are deemed to have signed up to the terms and conditions.
If you wish to use text to link to Directgov, you should describe Directgov in this way:
Directgov - public services all in one place
You can use the following source code for this link:
<a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk?CID=LA/" title="Link to Directgov - public services all in one place">Directgov - public services all in one place</a>
You can also link straight to any specific page on the Directgov website, rather than the homepage.
As well as the text above, you can use one of the following graphics as a visual link to Directgov.
To download your chosen graphic, on a Windows PC, click the right mouse button and select 'Save Picture As...'. On a Mac, click the Control key and the mouse button, and select 'Download Image to Disk'.
Source code
The source code for the link should look something like this:
<a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk?CID=LA/"><img width="[***]" height="[***]" src="[file_path/file_name.gif]" alt="Link to Directgov - public services all in one place"></a>
Please do not reduce the size of these graphics as it will make the text unreadable.
You should not seek to associate Directgov with your website or any non-Directgov content. Nor should you suggest any endorsement or approval by Directgov of you, your website or any non-Directgov product or content.
We do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your website. Our pages must load into a user's entire window. Nor should you insert any graphic into Directgov content, or play audio over Directgov content, or allow a pop-up to appear simultaneously with Directgov content.
We do not permit a website to link to Directgov if it contains material that is:
If we contact you to remove your links to Directgov, you must do so immediately.
If you need any further information about linking to Directgov, please contact us through the link below.
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