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Flood risk deserves a place in your buying checks even when a property is some distance from a river. Combine official information with the property history, professional searches and insurance enquiries rather...

LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £13.21

Corporation Tax treatment of investment life insurance contract payouts

VAT changes following the abolition of NHS England

Changes to employee share schemes, including Company Share Option Plan and Enterprise Management Incentives

Income Tax treatment of image rights payments connected to employment

Lifetime ISA withdrawal charge

Introduction of the Side-by-Side package and amendments to Multinational Top-up Tax and Domestic Top-up Tax

Securities Transfer Tax — modernisation of the Stamp Taxes on Shares Framework

VAT: electronic invoicing

Stamp Duty Land Tax — Local Government Pension Scheme Relief

Capital gains: preventing protected cell company avoidance 

Revenue and Customs Brief 12 (2026): VAT zero rate on donated medicines

Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2026): VAT and Climate Change Levy on electric vehicle charging for non-domestic use

A spiny monitor, native to the Solomon Islands. Communities on the islands have received funding to protect 20,000 hectares of critical ecosystems. Credit: Peter Miller, Flickr. 

Protecting nature costs money...

Further support for Ukraine

Budget 2026 Fact Sheet: Delivering for Every Region

Government and Rolls-Royce agree £2.5bn to build jet engines in the UK and create tens of thousands of jobs

Budget 2026 speech

UK boosts support to Ukraine with £10 billion package

Leeds station set for biggest transformation in a generation as government backs city’s growth with a £303 million upgrade

What the Autumn Budget 2026 means for your energy bills

By Oliver Harmar, Natural England's Chief Strategy Officer 

Leaders from national bodies including Natural England, Sport England and NHS England met at the Cabinet Office to explore how to work...

Draft National Policy Statement for Data Centres

Draft National Policy Statement for Data Centres

Draft National Policy Statement for Data Centres: impact assessments

Russia's war against Ukraine is costing more and achieving less: UK statement to the FSC

Joint statement from Multilateral Defence Mechanism members

Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee: Budget 2026

Government letter to the British Business Bank

The Chancellor’s Letter to the National Wealth Fund

Monetary policy remit: Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Breathing space for today, hope for the future

Curfew and clean-up order for Cornwall waste criminal

Prime Minister and Chancellor’s call with the President of Ukraine: 28 October 2026

Budget 2026: Breathing space for Welsh families and businesses

British exporters to be given greater access to finance as UKEF strengthens support for Ukraine

How we protected the UK and space in September 2026

Cutting electric vehicle charging costs

Breathing space for Welsh families and businesses at Budget 2026

Increase of UK Export Finance cover limit for Ukraine

8/2026: Details of the Budget package and the multipliers for 2027/2028

Making registration applications easier and more efficient

MOD appoints its first Director General Innovation

Breathing space for Northern Ireland families and businesses

Breathing space for Scottish families and businesses at Budget

Disability equality and wellbeing at the IPO

Ethnicity equality at the IPO

HMRC’s approach to wealthy compliance

E-invoicing implementation Roadmap

Budget 2026: Overview of tax legislation and rates (OOTLAR)

VAT treatment of travel services in relation to the Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme

E-invoicing digital reporting

Nicotine Approval Scheme

Modernising Corporation Tax administration

Improving Property Income Data Reporting

Draft legislation: goods vehicles transitional provision for end of temporary rates

Machine Games Duty — changing who is liable for the duty

Scottish Secretary welcomes apprenticeships at Navantia Fife yard

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Seoul

Correspondence: Lord Chancellor letter to Nick Timothy MP: October 2026

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology (BIST) is working with the Government Digital Service (GDS) in an exciting collaboration to improve how businesses interact with government...

Stakeholder views on tumble dryer safety

8th UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue and 21st UK-Taiwan Renewable Energy Conference

The Government has today announced that Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations will be retained and the strengthened. Read our response.

Forestry England annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026

Child Focused Courts delivery update

Companies House third-party code of conduct

Draft affirmative coming for Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2026. See other results for details.

Draft affirmative coming for AWE Pension Scheme (Transfer of Assets) Regulations 2026. See other results for details.

When Lord Mann’s review of antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS was published in June this year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) committed to provide an initial update to Parliament...

This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Keadby Next Generation Limited for the construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning of a high...

On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak’s life was cut short in a horrific and senseless act of violence. My thoughts remain with his family and friends, and all those whom this dreadful incident has affected. Read more. (cached), Summary and Comments (0), First seen at 09:56, 28 October 2026

Millions of families and working people across the country will benefit from five everyday fixes, which will support people who rely on their cars for work, extend help to new parents and fix an unfair cliff ...

RSH warns council to make fundamental changes for tenants

Chancellor abolishes standing charges on gas bills to make payments fairer

UK engineering firm appointed to deliver major decommissioning project at Dungeness A

Policy paper: Child Focused Courts Target Operating Model

Addressing common mistakes that delay clinical trial application assessments and how to avoid them

The UK's new clinical trial regulations came into force on 28 April 2026, introducing a more flexible and...

How to avoid delays when submitting clinical trial application assessments

The UK's new clinical trial regulations came into force on 28 April 2026, introducing a more flexible and risk-proportionate approach...

Tens of thousands of jobseekers have already benefited from our new digital employment support tools, which help people build CVs, prepare for interviews and take the next step into work. 

In ...

Peace cannot be sustainable while half the population is shut out of shaping it: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Introduction of Respect Orders, Youth and Housing Injunctions

More people protected as government acts to make more homes safe

When you buy a leasehold flat, the purchase involves a lease as well as the physical property. A viewing cannot show all the obligations, restrictions and shared costs attached to that agreement. Use a structured...

Government launches first ever misogyny prevention fund

Frodsham Solar development consent decision announced

UK sets pace on new undersea sensors to detect threats, as AUKUS partners test advanced kit in San Diego

Iran must allow the return of IAEA inspectors to all nuclear sites: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park development consent decision announced

If you live near a waste site, recurring odour pollution or concerns about other types of pollution can quickly become a source of stress.

Monitoring is a shared responsibility. Site operators must...

FOI Log - October 2026

UK Human Rights Ambassador visits Tanzania ahead of UN review

New MHRA research puts needle-free Strep A vaccine within reach

MMO to strengthen fisheries statistics following accreditation cancellation

Minister launches new campus for National School of Government

Warm Homes Loan Scheme: Factsheet  

Parents who murdered 13-week-old son have sentences increased

Anticipating Exploitation: Using Futures Analysis to Stay Ahead of Modern Slavery Threats

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight. Credit: Francesca Della Valle (MMO)

The English coastline supports a remarkable diversity of bird life. Its rich network of mudflats, saltmarshes and shallow coastal...