What changes next, and what it costs
A single licence would replace the separate network, station and train licences now held by Network Rail and publicly owned operators, with the Office of Rail and Road enforcing it.
Public Health Scotland figures show the biggest gains in the most deprived areas, and the Scottish Government is commissioning a new infant feeding survey.
The Department for Work and Pensions has set out how it will tighten governance of workplace schemes, from record-keeping rules for administrators to a trustee board vote before a sole professional trustee can take over.
The government's response to the Older People's Housing Taskforce promises research into why some retirement homes lose value, a cross-government roadmap within a year and updated planning guidance for councils.
Suppliers of filtering software, AI tools and apps that process children's data would pay independent assessors for a safety badge, with schools expected to choose certified products.
The pub and hotel group now expects full-year profit to beat market forecasts, despite £5 million a year of extra wage costs from National Living Wage increases.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research now sees Bank Rate peaking at 4.25%, below the roughly 4.75% priced in by markets, and growth slowing to 0.9% in 2028.
SSE's choice of supplier would bring work to blade, engineering and assembly sites in Hull, Manchester and Newcastle, though the 1.4GW project still needs a final investment decision due late next year.
Mental health and drug and alcohol services should set up joint working protocols this winter, and GP practices should not turn people away for lack of an address or ID.
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…
SSE's choice of supplier would bring work to blade, engineering and assembly sites in Hull, Manchester and Newcastle, though the 1.4GW project still needs a final investment decision due late next year.
The London and Bristol chip designer is now valued at more than £5 billion, according to the government, and plans to expand in Bristol.
The owner of Bisto, Oxo and Mr Kipling has raised its full-year profit expectations after refinancing its debt more cheaply, and will pay 1.12p a share on 18 December.
Services and business investment drove growth between July and September, while construction shrank. Monthly GDP rose 0.2% in September after a flat August.
More deals for buyers with 5% deposits and fewer for those with 40% pushed the average loan-to-value on core products to a record in data going back to November 2011, while the average new mortgage rate rose to 5.89%.
A single licence would replace the separate network, station and train licences now held by Network Rail and publicly owned operators, with the Office of Rail and Road enforcing it.
A paid primary school dinner will cost £3.40, up from £2.60 at the start of 2026, as the Education Authority looks for another £20m of savings this year.
Around 250 people in England could be eligible for the immunotherapy, which is given alongside chemotherapy and is available on the NHS from Thursday under a confidential price discount.
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