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Around three million people who drive for work will keep a 55p tax free mileage rate, and unpaid carers will stop losing their entire Carer's Allowance for earning a penny over the limit. This article sets out what each of the five fixes does, who is covered and what the government has not yet said about timing.
Read Article →The fixed daily fee on household gas bills, worth about £108 a year for the typical home, is being removed, and the Treasury says 60% of account holding households could save an average of £45 a year. This article explains how the change works, who may not see a saving and what the government has yet to confirm.
Read Article →Almost £800 million a year in promised savings, including £290 million from simpler company reporting and £155 million from extended tariff suspensions on more than 250 products. Here is what the Chancellor's package changes for businesses, what small firms get, and which details are still to come.
Read Article →Up to £1 million over three years will fund a new Victims Commissioner panel, giving adult survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation a formal role advising government. Here is who runs it, when it starts, and what the announcement leaves unanswered.
Read Article →Up to 7,000 children and young people known to social care in Greater Manchester, plus their parents and carers, are covered by a £9.4 million pilot that puts NHS mental health professionals inside social care teams. Here is how Care Together is meant to work, who is running it and what still has to be proven.
Read Article →Employers including Microsoft, IBM and Arm have committed 10,000 work experience and placement opportunities over three years, while a new jobs plan sets a target of 20,000 entry level digital and tech roles every year. This article sets out who is offering what, what employers are being asked to sign up to, and which questions the announcement leaves open.
Read Article →Survivors with a protection order in place would no longer have to prove abuse again to stay in a social home, under amendments tabled to the Social Housing Bill on 20 October. The article explains how the tenancy change would work, and what else the package does on Right to Manage, Right to Buy and homelessness.
Read Article →Gas from the Jackdaw field could reach British homes from as early as the end of October, while a new £2 billion Energy Wealth Fund will channel North Sea revenue into clean power. This article explains what the Energy Secretary decided, what the government says it will deliver and how the approval fits with its pledge of no new licences.
Read Article →Almost £140 million will pay for 14 urgent care schemes in England, and 25 more new or expanded sites are due to be running by winter. This article sets out where the money is going, which sites are already open and what patients are being asked to do before the cold weather arrives.
Read Article →Brain cancer killed 3,792 people in England in 2023, and the Prime Minister has now ordered an expert review to report within three months. This article sets out the four steps announced, what each one changes for patients and which questions the government has yet to answer.
Read Article →The UK has told the UN First Committee that hostile actors like Russia are mounting an industrial scale assault on its information environment, with the speech delivered on 11 October and published on 15 October. You will see what else the UK said on nuclear arms control, autonomous weapons, space and Frontier AI.
Read Article →Courts will have to weigh how long and how often a parent has been in contact with a child under two new Immigration and Asylum Bill amendments tabled on 12 October. Here is how the Article 8 and late claims changes work, and what the Home Office figures behind them show.
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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Read Analysis →Explore policy ideas to improve governance and restore public trust
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