What changes next, and what it costs
Public Health Scotland figures show the biggest gains in the most deprived areas, and the Scottish Government is commissioning a new infant feeding survey.
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.
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.
The 2,204-home scheme between St Peter's and Kempsey already has outline planning consent, and at least a fifth of the homes will be social or affordable.
The Goldsmiths and Mappin & Webb owner has narrowed its full-year guidance towards the top of its range ahead of the Christmas trading season.
Orders at the Advanced Technologies division, which makes compound semiconductor equipment at Severn Beach, more than doubled, and the division has full order cover for this financial year.
Account numbers, cards and PINs stay the same, but customers with savings at both banks will share a single £120,000 FSCS limit once the move takes effect.
AEW UK REIT bought the 51,000 sq ft B&Q-anchored park for £6.79m in October 2015. It is selling now because the next lease event is not until 2029.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Public Health Scotland figures show the biggest gains in the most deprived areas, and the Scottish Government is commissioning a new infant feeding survey.
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