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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 →Government pilots using frontier AI have already identified and fixed more than 1,000 cyber vulnerabilities, and ministers now want to extend the programme and plan for serious incidents involving autonomous AI agents. You will see what was announced on 12 October, what a separate government case study found, and which measures remain undecided.
Read Article →The UK-India trade mission has secured £1 billion in deals, with a focus on jobs, investment and export wins. What the deals are, who is involved and how the free trade agreement will deliver long term benefits.
Read Article →The Prime Minister has announced that mayors will control R&D funding for the first time, as part of a plan to give local leaders more control over their areas. What changes for the Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF), what is still to be confirmed and why the government is doing this.
Read Article →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 →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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