theodi/ndl-core-corpus huggingface dataset:
Climate adaptation reporting – fourth round guidance
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-15)

Guidance for organisations on climate risk assessment and adaptation action planning.

Use this guidance to:
- conduct climate risk assessments in early preparation for the fifth round of the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP5)
- update current or previous climate risk assessments
This is a summary of the guidance that was provided to reporting organisations for the fourth round of ARP (ARP4).

Reporting for ARP4 closed on 31 December 2024. However, you can still send reports or assessments at any time, by emailing climate.adaptation@gov.uk (mailto:climate.adaptation@gov.uk).

Any report you submit in-between official rounds of reporting will be used to gather evidence on the UK’s resilience to climate impacts to support ongoing government policy development.

Reporting runs in a 5-year cycle, following a consultation on the next strategy for reporting. Reporting in round 5 is anticipated to start in late 2026 and run until late 2029.
Microchipping dogs: appeal to a tribunal
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-31)

How to challenge a decision to microchip your dog, or to stop you microchipping dogs.

What you can appeal against

Microchipping your dog

The police or council can serve you with a notice if they find out your dog hasn’t been fitted with a microchip.

This will give you 21 days to get the dog microchipped (https://www.gov.uk/get-your-dog-microchipped).

If you do nothing, they can take your dog, microchip it and send you the bill.

You can appeal to a tribunal if you disagree with the notice.

Fitting microchips or running a microchip database

You can appeal if the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) stops or bans you from:
- microchipping dogs
- running a database on microchipped dogs
You can also appeal if Defra sends you a notice demanding information on the database.

The tribunal

Your appeal will be dealt with by a tribunal in the General Regulatory Chamber.

The tribunal is independent of the government, and will consider both sides before it reaches a decision.

If you or your representative is outside the UK and wants to give live video or audio evidence, contact the tribunal (https://www.gov.uk/find-court-tribunal) to request it. Tell the tribunal what country you or the representative is in and what type of evidence is being given. You must do this as soon as possible.

Time limits for appealing

You have 28 days to appeal after the notice is sent to you.

If you miss the time limit, you can ask for more time to appeal. The tribunal will decide if it can still take your case.

Once you appeal, the decision will be put on hold until after the tribunal has dealt with your case.

How to appeal

Complete the relevant General Regulatory Chamber (First-tier Tribunal) form (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/general-regulatory-chamber-first-tier-tribunal-forms).

Clearly say why you want to appeal against the decision.

Include any supporting documents, like the notice or a copy of Defra’s letter.

Send the form to xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) or:

General Regulatory ChamberPO Box 11230LeicesterLE1 8FQ

Telephone: xx-xxxx-xxxx Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm Find out about call charges (https://www.gov.uk/call-charges)

Tribunal staff can explain how the process works, but they cannot give you legal advice.

What happens next

The tribunal will write to you about the next steps.

Find out more about General Regulatory Chamber hearings and decisions (https://www.gov.uk/general-regulatory-chamber-tribunal-hearings-and-decisions).

Legislation and rules

You have the right to appeal to the tribunal under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122501/contents)or the Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015. (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1990/contents/made)

You can find detailed rules on how your appeal will be handled in the General Regulatory Chamber procedure rules (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-regulatory-chamber-tribunal-procedure-rules).
Victim representations and impact statement to the tribunal: Form T144
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-02)

This form is for victims to make representations and/or an impact statement to a mental health tribunal.

You can use this form to:
- propose conditions if the tribunal decides that a patient should be released from hospital
- give a victim impact statement and say whether the victim wants to attend a hearing remotely
Open a document

You can download and open PDF documents on your device. Downloading enables more features to be used, such as printing.

Adobe Reader is a free to use PDF viewer. You can use this to view, fill in and print PDF documents. You do not need to sign up for a free trial.

Follow these steps:
- Download Adobe Reader (https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/) for free.
- Right-click on the document link then select ‘Save link as’ or ‘Download linked file’.
- Save the form (in your ‘documents’ folder, for example).
- Open Adobe Reader and then select the saved form.
If the form still does not open, contact xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

If you need a printed version contact your local court (https://www.gov.uk/find-court-tribunal).

Find more court and tribunal forms (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-and-tribunal-forms) by category.

Find out how HM Courts & Tribunals Service uses personal information (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/personal-information-charter) you give when you fill in a form.
Get England Woodland Creation Offer funding to plant woodland
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-05)

Find out how to get England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) funding to plant trees and manage your grant agreement.

You can apply to get money to help create new woodland through the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).

You can access all EWCO-related guidance and forms on this page.

Sign up for the Forestry Commission newsletters (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sign-up-for-updates-from-the-forestry-commission) to receive updates on significant changes to the EWCO process.
Just two weeks to go for many businesses to submit 2024 packaging data for pEPR
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-17)

Obligated businesses must submit 2024 packaging data by 1 April 2025 under new extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) scheme

There are now just two weeks to go for businesses to submit 2024 packaging data under the new extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) scheme.

Under legislation which came into force on 1 January 2024, large organisations must submit their July-December 2024 data by 1 April.

Small organisations must submit their January-December 2024 data in one annual submission by 1 April.

In addition, all obligated organisations, large and small, must also register with their environmental regulator by the same date. Guidance on how to register can be found here. (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-register-and-pay-the-fee)

The data producers provide will be crucial in helping to ensure fees are set at an appropriate level.

The Government is grateful to all those in industry who have engaged closely with pEPR and already submitted extensive data, helping to finetune the policy. If obligated packaging producers have neither reported their data nor registered, they could face enforcement action.

To check whether they need to report packaging data, businesses should visit EPR: who is affected and what to do (https://defracollectionandpackagingreform.createsend1.com/t/t-l-ezliky-l-r/) and, if necessary, follow the online instructions (https://defracollectionandpackagingreform.createsend1.com/t/t-l-ezliky-l-y/) to access the new Report Packaging Data service.

pEPR will move the cost of dealing with household packaging waste away from taxpayers onto the businesses who produce the packaging.

It will incentivise businesses to reduce unnecessary packaging and use more recycled and recyclable packaging, leading to less waste to landfill and reducing the release of damaging CO2 emissions.

Dr Margaret Bates, head of the UK pEPR scheme administrator PackUK, said:

The need for an effective pEPR scheme that shifts the cost of managing household packaging waste to producers has never been more critical.

We urge all businesses to check their obligations under pEPR and to report their data and register with environment regulators by 1 April.

Together, we will deliver a fair and collaborative scheme that addresses the challenges of packaging waste and lays the foundation for a more sustainable and responsible approach to packaging.

If a firm or a member of the public suspects a business is not complying with the regulations, they should report this to the regulators by contacting them directly via the details listed below.
- xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
To report via a 24-hour telephone service, call xx-xxxx-xxxx for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and xx-xxxx-xxxx for Wales. All reports are treated with strict confidentiality, with the option to report anonymously.
Miss L Roche v Tile Giant Ltd: 3200326/2023 and 3200327/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-01)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Miss L Roche v Tile Giant Ltd: 3200326/2023 and 3200327/2023 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688ca9f7486754ec28878356/Miss_L_Roche_v_Tile_Giant_Ltd_-_3200326.2023____3200327.2023_-_Judgment.pdf).
PM call with Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands: 23 March 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-23)

The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands this afternoon.

The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands this afternoon.

The leaders discussed their respective engagements over the past week in support of Ukraine.

The Prime Minister reflected on his attendance at the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters on Thursday, noting the impressive military co-ordination taking place and looking ahead to further planning meetings this week.

Both also agreed that continued political momentum and action, driven by the members of the Coalition of the Willing, is vital to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position for a secure and lasting peace.

Moving on to discuss wider European defence and security, the leaders agreed that all countries must step up to meet the mounting threats we face.

They added that much closer co-operation on our defensive capabilities will be vitally important in the coming decades in order to protect Europe and secure its future.
Mr C Barney v SDLC Licensing Ltd (In compulsory liquidation): 3313535/2022
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-19)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr C Barney v SDLC Licensing Ltd (In compulsory liquidation): 3313535/2022 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689f3a52cc5ef8b4c5fc44d4/Mr_C_Barney_v_SDLC_Licensing_Ltd___In_Compulsory_Liquidation__-3313535-_2022-_Strike_Out_Judgment.pdf).
N Battersby v E2 Cornershop Ltd: 6006760/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-26)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in N Battersby v E2 Cornershop Ltd: 6006760/2024 - Rule 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e2ccd3d4a1b0665b8ee258/Nicholas_Battersby_v_E2_Cornershop_Ltd_-_6006760-2024.pdf).
Licensed waste facilities that accept waste F gas and ODS
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-02)

A list of waste facilities that accept waste fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

You must send F gas (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fluorinated-gases-f-gases) and ODS (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ozone-depleting-substances-ods) recovered from equipment to a licensed waste facility that accepts waste F gas and ODS, to get them:
- reclaimed
- recycled
- destroyed
Waste facilities on this list have confirmed with the Environment Agency that they can accept waste F gas and ODS.

You may be able to find other waste facilities more local to you using the Environmental Permitting Regulations – Waste Operations finder (https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-operations) and searching by postcode. However, you will need to contact them to find out if they accept waste F gas and ODS.

If you‘re sending the F gas and ODS to a licensed waste facility, you must use a registered waste carrier (https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers).

Get help

If your organisation wants to be added or removed from this list, contact the Environment Agency F gas support team at xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).
Telelink Infra Services
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Telelink Infra Services will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Telelink Infra Services recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Armed Forces Charities
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Ms E Hunter v Ark Home Healthcare Ltd (In liquidation): 1806723/2021
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Ms E Hunter v Ark Home Healthcare Ltd (In liquidation): xx-xxxx-xxxx - Withdrawal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69133fbd7a0ccd6a3aad7f82/Miss_E_Hunter_v_Ark_Home_Healthcare_Limited__In_Liquidation__xx-xxxx-xxxx.pdf).

Read the full decision in Ms E Hunter v Ark Home Healthcare Ltd (In liquidation): xx-xxxx-xxxx - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68beb568626205fb47f01d77/Elizabeth_Hunter_v_Ark_Home_Healthcare_Limited__In_Liquidation__-_Judgment_-_xx-xxxx-xxxx.pdf).
Mr R Nowak v Tesco Stores Ltd: 1308511/2022
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-27)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr R Nowak v Tesco Stores Ltd: xx-xxxx-xxxx - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67922cd023c34b0ef8fad5df/Robert_Nowak_v_Tesco_Stores_Ltd_-_CORRECT_VERSION_-_xx-xxxx-xxxx_-_Judgment_+_Reasons.pdf).
OEAS quality assurance commissions: management information
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-02)

Management information on the number and outcomes of online education accreditation scheme (OEAS) quality assurance commissions carried out by Ofsted.

The OEAS is a non-statutory scheme (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accreditation-for-online-education-providers/accreditation-for-online-education-providers) and the Department for Education (DfE) encourages all eligible providers to engage with the scheme on a voluntary basis. The scheme consists of 2 essential elements:
- the establishment of non-statutory standards for online education provisions
- the inspection of providers against these standards by Ofsted, acting as the quality assurance body appointed by the DfE
We will initially publish the management information for OEAS commissions on an ad hoc basis.

These figures are not official statistics.

For the latest individual inspection reports, please visit our reports website (https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/).

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68cd6303a1e4472207995dea/OEAS_management_information_as_at_31_August_2025.ods)

OEAS management information at 31 August 2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68cd6303a1e4472207995dea/OEAS_management_information_as_at_31_August_2025.ods)

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OEAS management information at 31 March 2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6810deacddb2b0afb5e04224/OEAS_management_information_as_at_31_March_2025.ods)

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OEAS management information at 31 August 2024 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f675b2a31f45a9c765ed87/OEAS_management_information_as_at_31_August_2024.ods)

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Evaluation of the Northern Ireland Cyber AI Hub programme
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-08)

A report setting out progress on the Cyber-AI Hub Programme which is being delivered in Northern Ireland by Queen’s University Belfast.

The government is working to improve UK cyber defences, promote growth in the UK cyber security industry and ensure new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the country. As part of this work the government is supporting the Northern Ireland Cyber AI Hub to develop research, skills and innovation across a range of cyber security themes and develop a skills pipeline of cyber security professionals with strong industry links.

This evaluation reports on the progress of the Cyber-AI Hub Programme, which is being delivered in Northern Ireland by Queen’s University Belfast between 2023 and 2027.

The evaluation covers the four components of the programme:
- the Cyber-AI Technologies Hub
- the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) Doctoral Training Programme
- the NICYBER2025 Masters Bursaries, and
- the Northern Ireland Cyber Security Snapshot
It assesses how these components are performing over the period of programme delivery.

The evaluation has been carried out by Steer Economic Development (Steer-ED).
Ms H Hunt v Applied Broadcast Systems Ltd: 2303866/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-15)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Ms H Hunt v Applied Broadcast Systems Ltd: 2303866/2024 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682200c6c66deec8488f7f4d/Ms_H_Hunt_v_Applied_Broadcast_Systems_Ltd_2303866-2024_Strike_Out_Judgment.pdf).
FOI2025-00215: ChatGPT history for ministers in DSIT
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-10)

Response to a freedom of information (FOI) request for the ChatGPT history for ministers in DSIT.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) received the following request for information which we responded to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

I would like to request the prompts to and answers from ChatGPT and other generative AI systems made by these ministers in their official capacity (not personal) Feryal Clark, Lord Vallance, Chis Bryant, Baroness Jones.
Mr S Howard v Pullman Rail Ltd: 1602420/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-22)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr S Howard v Pullman Rail Ltd: xx-xxxx-xxxx - Judgment with Reasons (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6790c0c5b1e4f5cbd3a34d99/xx-xxxx-xxxx_S_Howard_v_Pullman_Rail_Ltd_-_Judgement.pdf).
St Clare Hospice
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We St Clare Hospice will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 St Clare Hospice recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
We also pledge the following:

We will establish strong links with out local military units. We will aspire to join the VCHA Veteran Aware accreditation program for independent healthcare providers and hospices.

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Drain Doctor South Manchester
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Drain Doctor South Manchester will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Drain Doctor South Manchester recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Discounts
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Mr M Jolaosho v JAAN Services Ltd: 3305323/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-20)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr M Jolaosho v JAAN Services Ltd: 3305323/2024 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67dad6e491e6e0492302845b/Mr_M_Jolaosho_v_JAAN_Services_Limited_3305323-2024.pdf).
Slough Borough Council: Commissioner appointment letter (5 November 2025)
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-07)

Copy of the letter confirming a Commissioner appointment at Slough Borough Council.

Copy of the letter from James Blythe, Deputy Director, Local Government and Stewardship and Interventions at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Kim Wright confirming her appointment as Commissioner at Slough Borough Council.
Apprenticeship standards: revisions and adjustments
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-02)

A list of the apprenticeship standards currently being revised, adjusted or retired and the estimated completion date of the changes.

This guidance has been transferred from the previous skills body the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) following its closure. The guidance is under review and may be subject to change.

This report includes:
- the apprenticeship standards that are being revised, adjusted or retired
- the revisions planned for each standard
- estimated completion dates
- how to comment on the time period proposed for a change
- a chance to give your views on the timeframe for switching from old to new apprenticeship standards
The most up to date information on a specific apprenticeship standard can be found in the apprenticeship standard search (https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/).
Ashley Ibbett
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-03)

Ashley Ibbett is Director General for Energy Infrastructure at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ) and Shareholder Non-Executive Director for DfT Operator Limited. Ashley was Director General for Energy Infrastructure at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) from November 2022 to February 2023. He was Director General for Trade, International, the Union and Analysis at BEIS from March 2021 to November 2022, having been Acting Director General since April 2020. Prior to this he was Director of Clean Electricity at BEIS and before that the Department of Energy and Climate Change ( DECC ). He was responsible for government’s work to support low carbon electricity, including offshore wind and other renewable technologies as well as carbon capture and storage. Ashley has been a civil servant for over 2 decades, having originally joined the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ). He has worked in a wide range of roles covering trade, science and innovation, competition and energy, and has extensive European and international experience. He has also worked as a Private Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary; and was Principal Private Secretary at DECC between 2009 and 2012.

Ashley Ibbett is Director General for Energy Infrastructure at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and Shareholder Non-Executive Director for DfT Operator Limited.

Ashley was Director General for Energy Infrastructure at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from November 2022 to February 2023. He was Director General for Trade, International, the Union and Analysis at BEIS from March 2021 to November 2022, having been Acting Director General since April 2020.

Prior to this he was Director of Clean Electricity at BEIS and before that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). He was responsible for government’s work to support low carbon electricity, including offshore wind and other renewable technologies as well as carbon capture and storage.

Ashley has been a civil servant for over 2 decades, having originally joined the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He has worked in a wide range of roles covering trade, science and innovation, competition and energy, and has extensive European and international experience. He has also worked as a Private Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary; and was Principal Private Secretary at DECC between 2009 and 2012.
Sunak, Rishi - Prime Minister - advice under the government's Business Appointment Rules
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-21)

Advice provided to the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, former Prime Minister, on appointments and employment taken up within two years of leaving office

Columnist, Sunday Times

Mr Sunak received advice (https://draft-origin.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/publications/sunak-rishi-prime-minister-advice-under-the-governments-business-appointment-rules/advice-rishi-sunak-columnist-sunday-times?preview=8909437) from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards on taking up a role as columnist with the Sunday Times. The advice was provided in October 2025 and the appointment was announced later that month.

Member of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum Advisory Board, Bloomberg

Mr Sunak received advice (https://draft-origin.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/publications/sunak-rishi-prime-minister-advice-under-the-governments-business-appointment-rules/advice-letter-rishi-sunak-member-of-the-bloomberg-new-economy-forum-advisory-board-bloomberg?preview=8905697) on taking up an unpaid role with Bloomberg.

This advice was considered and provided by ACOBA before it closed on 12 October 2025, but announced on 16 October. The Independent Adviser has not had a role in determining this advice.

ACOBA published on its website advice provided to Mr Sunak (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sunak-rishi-prime-minister-acoba-advice) before its closure.
CC33 Global Ltd
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We CC33 Global Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 CC33 Global Ltd recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Discounts
- Armed Forces Charities
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
About us
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-11)

The Health Equity in Health Protection Initiative (HEHPI) provides a central, external-facing platform that brings together UKHSA’s key health equity resources in one place. It helps ensure that data, research, and community insights are easier to find, use, and share.

What we do

The Health Equity in Health Protection Initiative supports UKHSA’s cross-cutting goal to deliver more equitable health outcomes. The initiative does this by helping UKHSA to build a strong foundation of data and evidence relevant to health equity in health protection. This includes understanding:
- the differential impact of health protection hazards on CORE20PLUS (https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/national-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-programme/core20plus5/) and inclusion health groups
- what interventions are most effective in reducing health inequalities in health protection
- how communities experience and engage with health services
Tax update spring 2025: simplification, administration and reform
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-28)

Consultations, calls for evidence and other documents related to tax policy development and the administration, maintenance and reform of the tax system.

The government announced a package of technical tax policy proposals on 28 April 2025, to support its ambitions to:
- simplify and modernise the tax system
- tackle non-compliance
- make the tax system fairer for taxpayers
- make the customs system work better for traders
Full details of all announcements, supporting documents and information are available.

Read the Written Ministerial Statement (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-04-28/hcws607) for a list of the announced tax policy measures.
Spain: certificate of no impediment and marital status certificate application packs
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-13)

Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.

You must fill in one or more of these forms if you are a British national getting married in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/getting-married-in-spain). They are part of what you will need to complete an online application to get a marital status certificate (MSC), certificate of no impediment (CNI) or both.

You’ll need to:
- Download one or more of the forms on this page and fill them in.
- Sign them in front of a notary in Spain (https://www.notaries-directory.eu/en).
- Apply online for an MSC (https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/cni-or-msc-by-post/apply-online), a CNI (https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/cni-or-msc-by-post/check-eligibility-and-documents?marriage.country=Spain&documents.service=cni) or for both an MSC and CNI (https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/cni-or-msc-by-post/check-eligibility-and-documents?marriage.country=Spain&documents.service=cniAndMsc).
Which documents you’ll need will depend on where you’re getting married in Spain. Contact the civil registry office (https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/BUSCADIR/ServletControlador?apartado=buscadorGeneral&tipo=RC&lang=en_gb) where you’re planning to get married to find out.
Mr T Franklin-Maskell v P Morrison: 2301264/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-21)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr T Franklin-Maskell v P Morrison: 2301264/2023 -Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6826fe82a4c1a40fde4e6499/Mr_T_Franklin-Maskell_v_Paul_Morrison__-_Judgment.docx_2301264-2023.pdf).
Mrs E Ortmann v Quartex Components Ltd: 2600121/2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-28)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mrs E Ortmann v Quartex Components Ltd: 2600121/2025 - Rule 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68b05364b430435c669c1761/Mrs_E_Ortmann_v_Quartex_Components_Limited_2600121_2025.pdf).
Data collection maintenance schedule
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-19)

Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow this guidance.

During the maintenance windows, the Submit learner data (https://submitlearnerdatabeta.fasst.org.uk/) service will be unavailable.

The data collection facilities are guaranteed to be open between the ILR guaranteed collection availability dates shown, but if our maintenance finishes earlier, we’ll open them as soon as possible.
Managing Higher Activity Radioactive Waste: Package Assurance
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

This page describes the purpose of package assurance when managing higher activity radioactive waste.

Waste packagers will need to prove that waste packages sent to a GDF satisfy the relevant disposal requirements and safety cases (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generic-disposal-system-safety-case-for-a-geological-disposal-facility-overview). The GDF operator will manage this through defining the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/creating-standardised-waste-packages) and also judging the acceptability of individual waste packages (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/supporting-information-on-waste-packages) against these criteria.

The period between packaging waste and accepting packages into a GDF (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gdf-geological-disposal-facility) may span several decades. Package Assurance therefore aims to maintain confidence that manufactured waste packages eventually can be judged compliant against the WAC, based on the records associated with the packages. NWS also maintains a programme of audits to support maintaining confidence.

Risks related to accepting waste packages for future geological disposal include loss of waste package information, evolution of waste packages and changes to the generic Disposal System Safety Case (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generic-disposal-system-safety-case-for-a-geological-disposal-facility-overview) which may result in changes to the WAC.

Package Assurance requires positive collaboration between the waste packager and NWS.

Package records are important for Package Assurance as they will represent the basis for judging acceptability. The NDA (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nuclear-decommissioning-authority) Waste Package Records Programme manages risks to disposability relating to information being lost, inaccessible or becoming invalid. A range of information and documents are required to form waste package records. This can be grouped into three categories as shown below:

Underpinning and justification

These records demonstrate that application of the waste packaging process would result in waste packages and records that are consistent with NWS requirements.

Management and control system

These records define the process controls under which packages should be manufactured to ensure they are consistent with WAC.

Demonstration of compliance

These records demonstrate that each individual waste package has been manufactured in accordance with the defined controls.

For more details on the process and supporting documents, email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

See previous: Managing Higher Activity Radioactive Waste: Disposability Assessment (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/managing-higher-activity-radioactive-waste-disposability-assessment)
Superfunds modelling
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-05)

The Government Actuary’s Department has prepared an actuarial modelling report to help DWP assess the effectiveness of possible options to regulate superfunds.

Alongside the announcement of the Pension Schemes Bill on 5 June 2025, the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) published a report on actuarial modelling carried out to investigate an approach to funding and regulating superfunds.

The work was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support its response to the 2018 Superfund Consultation, and to inform development of the Bill.

The 2018 Superfund Consultation has proposed an authorisation regime to assess whether a superfund is financially sustainable, well governed, and has a high probability of being able to pay members their benefits due. The main purpose of the GAD modelling was to assess regulatory aspects to determine whether a suitable authorisation regime might meet the superfund policy objectives.
Company Names Tribunal decision: F1 Accident Management Ltd
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-21)

Decision for applicant Formula One Management Limited registration number 14148214, applicant successful.

Application number 5485

Applicant Formula One Management Limited objected to the name used by F1 Accident Management Ltd under the Companies Act 2006.

This decision was undefended. ‘Undefended’ refers to decisions where there has been no defence in response to the application to the Company Names Tribunal.
Increasing VAT and other taxes late payment penalties percentage rate relating to penalty reform
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-01)

This tax information and impact note is about increasing late payment penalties for VAT and those in Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) who are part of the trial or voluntary cohort for Making Tax Digital (MTD).

This measure is about increasing late payment penalties imposed by schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2021 on unpaid tax liabilities for VAT and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment taxpayers. It includes increases in penalties from:
- 2 percentage points to 3 percentage points at 15 days
- 2 percentage points to 3 percentage points at 30 days
- 4 percentage points to 10 percentage points per annum from day 31
These changes will take effect from 1 April 2025 for taxpayers who the new penalty regime in schedule 26 already applies to. This includes VAT taxpayers and volunteers testing the Making Tax Digital system. The changes will also apply in the future to any tax regime that enters schedule 26.