What changes next, and what it costs
The Environment Agency and Worcestershire County Council scheme, built to protect a village where 18 properties, the church, the pub and the A38 have flooded, finished ahead of its Christmas target.
The deal with the combined authority is the first of its kind in England, but each project will still have to pass the bank's own due diligence and approval before any money is lent or invested.
The life and pensions consolidator expects the business, which holds £1.7bn of assets under administration, to generate about £90m of cash over its lifetime, with completion targeted for the first half of 2027.
The hubs in Exeter, London, Southampton and Sunderland will work on AI eye scans, cough-analysing apps, head-impact alerts, brain health clinics and a home heart coach, with partners adding £37.5m.
UKHSA figures for the half-term week show flu still at low levels but above baseline, RSV rising among young children, and flu vaccine uptake among over-65s slightly behind last year.
The Monetary Policy Committee lifted rates by 0.25 percentage points from 3.75%, with Catherine L Mann voting for a half-point rise, and said policy was not on a pre-set path.
The annual review of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme shows covered emissions fell 6.9% last year, as the UK and EU aim to finish talks on linking their carbon markets by this month's summit.
SMMT figures show 152,730 new cars registered last month, but the industry body expects battery electric cars to end 2026 at 27.2% of sales against a 33% mandate target.
BT's half-year results show 41% of the premises Openreach can reach with full fibre now take it, with the network at 24.1 million premises and the 25 million target due in March.
Longer reads on how a system works, and where it is heading next.
The CMA will look at competition and Ofcom at media plurality, and the government will bring forward legislation so that the review can also cover on-demand programmes.
Sky's proposed takeover of ITV Media & Entertainment Holdings will now go through a formal public interest review. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy issued a public interest intervention notice on Wednesday 4 November, having told both companies on 15 October that she was minded to do so.
From February 2030 the UK's oldest inflation measure will be calculated using the methods behind CPIH. The change is technical, but it will alter payments on pensions, gilts and student loans for years.
The Retail Prices Index has measured the cost of living in the UK since 1947. It is no longer the government's preferred measure of inflation, yet it is still written into contracts, pension rules and government bonds worth hundreds of billions of pounds. In 2030 the…
Interest on unpaid Income Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax and other main taxes moves to 8.00%, while the rate HMRC pays on overpaid tax rises to 3.00%. Corporation Tax quarterly instalment rates change from 16 November.
The satellite, which weighs around 100kg and was built in Hampshire under a £9.5 million contract, is the second in the ISTARI constellation. A separate trial will test three ground sensors in the UK, Australia and Cyprus.
The life and pensions consolidator expects the business, which holds £1.7bn of assets under administration, to generate about £90m of cash over its lifetime, with completion targeted for the first half of 2027.
Thursday's 5.5% fall in the Nasdaq after the US midterm elections carried into Asia and Europe on Friday, before Wall Street steadied.
The Environment Agency and Worcestershire County Council scheme, built to protect a village where 18 properties, the church, the pub and the A38 have flooded, finished ahead of its Christmas target.
Output across UK public services rose 2.0% while inputs grew 1.6%, and revised figures put productivity in 2025 at 2.9% below its 2019 level.
The government says around 60% of gas account holders would save an average of £45 a year once the daily charge goes, and the same Bill would raise the maximum fine for landlords who ignore energy efficiency rules to £30,000.
The medicines regulator's plan to 2030 sets out how patients will feed into benefit-risk assessments, safety reviews and patient leaflets, and how it will align what it asks for in patient evidence with NICE.
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