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Ministers have promised mental health support for children and adults without a clinical diagnosis, after the Fonagy Review found distress among young people has genuinely risen. What changes for ADHD and autism assessments, what is already funded and what the forthcoming Mental Health Strategy still has to settle.
Read Article →The UK and Germany have launched a tech corridor and a £17m (€20m) quantum research pot. Here is what it offers firms and how trade figures stack up.
Read Article →Eight vaccine projects will share £33.2 million to take on Ebola, plague, Marburg and Lassa fever, with five paid for from the aid budget. What the money buys, who is delivering it and why the government is spending before an outbreak hits.
Read Article →Britain and Germany, Europe's two largest economies and biggest defence investors, have committed to a counter hybrid threat partnership aimed at sabotage, cyber attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure.
Read Article →Since 5 October 2026, criminal courts must state in open court when an offence involved domestic abuse, creating one record that police, prisons and probation can all see.
Read Article →The government has renewed its partnership with Breast Cancer Now to help women spot symptoms earlier, with a three year plan to improve early diagnosis and support for women finishing treatment.
Read Article →More than 325,000 people in supported housing and temporary accommodation no longer lose income by working extra hours, under Housing Benefit rules that took effect on 5 October 2026.
Read Article →Only 34% of disabled people with autism were in work in 2024/25, compared with 55% of disabled people overall. An independent panel has now set out how support could change, and this article explains what it recommends and what the Government has already put in place.
Read Article →Offenders leaving prison from 1 October 2026 can be confined to areas just a few miles wide, banned from pubs and football matches, and tagged by default. Here is what the new licence powers allow, what support victims now get, and why ministers say they are needed.
Read Article →The RAF will have 13 fully mission capable A400M Atlas aircraft available every day by the end of 2027, up from 10, under a £190 million Airbus contract extension. The deal runs to April 2029 and sustains more than 350 UK jobs at RAF Brize Norton and across the supply chain.
Read Article →A £60 million pot is now open to businesses, charities and public bodies with new ideas for getting disabled people and those with health conditions into work, and bids close on 26 October 2026.
Read Article →Forty eight organisations across England and Wales will share £16 million to give free legal help to people facing eviction, problem debt and benefit disputes until March 2029. Here is who is delivering the advice, who it is aimed at and what the Ministry of Justice says it wants the money to achieve.
Read Article →Deploy publicly owned floating photovoltaic installations on grid-connected reservoir and hydroelectric sites via GB Energy, eliminating the grid connection bottleneck that delays conventional solar projects.
Resulting in up to 8.9 GW by 2030, 58.6 GW by 2050, £30bn+ cumulative GVA, 15,000+ FTE jobs annually, and reduced reservoir evaporation supporting water security alongside clean power.
Read Proposal →Reallocate £5-6bn from AI/datacentre subsidies into publicly owned offshore wind capacity through GB Energy, with full impact assessment and fiscal neutrality analysis.
Resulting in lower household bills, long term public revenue, reduced energy volatility, and strengthened industrial competitiveness.
Read Proposal →Replace breed bans with mandatory training programmes for all dog owners, addressing the real causes of aggression: poor training, unmet welfare needs, and owner misunderstanding.
Resulting in better public safety
Read Proposal →Practical alternative to failed Rwanda scheme: UK jurisdiction processing center saving £400-600 million annually with safe legal routes
Read Proposal →Create a unified capital gains tax framework with £1,000 annual allowance to democratize digital asset access
Read Proposal →Mandate affordable solar installations on all new builds to accelerate net zero without increasing house prices
Read Proposal →Cap profit margins at 10% on essential goods to combat the cost of living crisis
Read Proposal →Government cybersecurity education and ISP security requirements for national resilience
Read Proposal →Independent enforcement with wealth scaled penalties for political violations
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