theodi/ndl-core-corpus huggingface dataset:
Individual Insolvency Statistics Releases
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-18)

Statistics on new individual insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland

Individual Insolvency Statistics Releases

This statistics collection contains the Insolvency Service’s regular statistical releases on individual insolvency (people who are unable to pay debts and enter formal insolvency procedures). Publications included here are:

Individual Insolvency Statistics

Monthly statistics on individual insolvencies primarily in England and Wales, with information presented separately for Scotland and Northern Ireland due to differences in legislation and policy. Prior to March 2024, this statistics publication was released only quarterly. These historic quarterly publications can also be found on this page. A combined company and individual monthly statistics publication that was produced between April 2020 and February 2024 can be found here (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-insolvency-statistics).

This publication is designated as accredited official statistics. The publication was independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in July 2024. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Further details of the OSR’s review of these statistics can be found in their published Compliance Check (https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/mark-pont-to-john-perrett-compliance-check-of-individual-insolvency-and-company-insolvency-statistics/).

Monthly company insolvency statistics can be found on the company insolvency statistics releases (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/company-insolvency-statistics-releases) page.

Individual Insolvencies by Location, Age and Gender

This release breaks individual insolvencies down by age and gender as well as by region; county; local authority; parliamentary constituency and electoral ward in England and Wales. This release is published annually and is designated as Official Statistics.

Prior to the 2021 edition (published 1 April 2022), the parliamentary constituency supplement was published separately to the main release.

Individual Voluntary Arrangement Outcomes and Providers

Provides a breakdown on the outcomes of individual voluntary arrangements and the number of new individual voluntary arrangements registered by provider. This release is published annually and is designated as Official Statistics.
Application by the occupier for an order that the site owner secure that a temporarily re-sited home is returned to the original pitch: Form PH8
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-07)

Occupiers can use this form to apply for an order that the site owner secure that a temporarily re-sited home is returned to the original pitch.

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.
SPE16035 - General relief conditions: agents / third party representation
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-24)


This manual will be archived on 15 December 2025. For up-to-date guidance on special procedures, please refer to Pay less or no duty on goods you store, repair, process or temporarily use (GOV.UK) (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pay-less-or-no-duty-on-goods-you-store-repair-process-or-temporarily-use) and Customs Technical Handbooks (GOV.UK) (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-technical-handbooks). If you have feedback about this manual being archived, email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Note: This manual is under review and is likely to be withdrawn. If there is anything within this manual you use regularly, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx?subject=%node:field_page_reference feedback) to let us know. Please check the other guidance available on GOV.UK from HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/services-information).

Customs debt liability

SCHEDULE 6 - Import duty: notification of liability, payment etc of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/22/schedule/6/enacted)

When agents or other third parties such as fast parcel operators (FPOs) declare goods, they act as the representative of the person concerned. It is the responsibility of the representative to ensure that they have clearance instructions from their customers. It is also a commercial matter whether representatives advise their customers that unless otherwise instructed, that they will declare goods to home use and pay any customs charges due.

If representatives make declarations to enter goods to Authorised Use without the authority of the person in whose name the goods are entered, they are regarded as acting in their own name and on their own behalf and will be liable for any Customs debt incurred.

Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 – Incurring of liability to import duty

Where a representative makes an entry in their own name on behalf of the authorisation holder, this is indirect representation and the representative is jointly and severally liable for the customs debt.

If a representative is incorrectly identified as the consignee and details of the person applying for an authorisation by declaration are not provided, a warning letter should be issued.

Note: Northern Ireland (NI) customs authorisations will continue to fall within the provisions of the Union Customs Code (UCC), as retained by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and CEMA 1979.
Aspen Manor Care Home
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 Aspen Manor Care Home 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 Aspen Manor Care Home 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
- UK Wounded, Injured And Sick
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 C Kennedy v Ratcliff and Roper (Printers) Ltd: 2600009/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-26)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr C Kennedy v Ratcliff and Roper (Printers) Ltd: 2600009/2024 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e291405698d84e39cfda8a/Mr_C_Kennedy_v_Ratcliff_and_Roper__Printers__Limited_2600009.2024_Judgment.pdf).
Mr S Gill v Fusion Lifestyle and Others: 3308999/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-22)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr S Gill v Fusion Lifestyle and Others: 3308999/2024 - Judgment with Reasons (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68caaea4995dfd01bff0c002/Mr_Simon_Gill_v_Fusion_Lifestyle_and_Others_-3308999-2024-_Judgment.pdf).
CH882530 - Agent operational guidance: dishonest tax agents: getting access to an agent’s files: file access notice: opportunity letters
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-01)


This page and chapter are under review as the relevant content is also published in the technical guidance chapters of the Compliance Handbook (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/compliance-handbook), within Compliance checks factsheets (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-revenue-and-customs-compliance-checks-factsheets) and in Compliance checks guidance (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmrc-compliance-checks-help-and-support). If you use particular pages regularly, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) to let us know the specific content you find useful.

You must give the tax agent and, where different, the document-holder a reasonable opportunity to make representations to you, before you apply to the tribunal for approval to issue a file access notice. You do this by sending an opportunity letter to the document-holder and, if the tax agent is not the document-holder, a copy of the opportunity letter to the tax agent.

Where the document-holder is
- the tax agent, you must send them opportunity letter TA2 in SEES Forms and Letters
- a third party, you must send them opportunity letter TA3, and send the tax agent a copy with letter TA4 in SEES Forms and Letters.
You will normally have discussed what documents you want to see with the document-holder before you give them the opportunity letter. The opportunity letter must, as far as possible, contain the same list of documents that you discussed with the document-holder. You should use the TA100 Schedule of documents required in SEES forms and letters when you send letters TA2, TA3 and TA4.

In the opportunity letter you must list the documents you want to see in the same way as you list them in the file access notice. The text in the opportunity letter must be capable of being copied and pasted into the notice that the tribunal is asked to approve.

However, while the notice may be drafted more narrowly than the opportunity letter to reflect representations received, it must not be drafted more widely. If you need to add something to the proposed notice you must send a fresh opportunity letter.

The opportunity letter must give the document-holder at least 30 days to make representations.

Opportunity letters remind document-holders that it is an offence to conceal documents that we require, see CH183420 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/compliance-handbook/ch183420).

An application to the tribunal to issue a file access notice must be made by or with the agreement of an authorised officer, see CH882700 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/compliance-handbook/ch882700). You must discuss the contents of the opportunity letter with an authorised officer before you send it.
Transport: disability and accessibility data tables (DIS04)
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-27)

Analysis of the National Travel Survey, produced by Department for Transport.

Disability and accessibility: National Travel Survey analysis

DIS0401: Travel by disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b58d9eb300a86d83d0c54/dis0401.ods) (ODS, 11.9 KB)

DIS0402: Average number of trips and distance travelled by mode with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b58e79159159c36e940a4/dis0402.ods) (ODS, 46.5 KB)

DIS0403: Travel by purpose, with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b58f4ebe5217ba73d0c58/dis0403.ods) (ODS, 35.1 KB)

DIS0404: Travel by Rural-Urban Classification, with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b59017b0b51a850e940a4/dis0404.ods) (ODS, 24.4 KB)

DIS0405: Travel by personal car access, with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b59135555fb89cf3f5ea1/dis0405.ods) (ODS, 17.8 KB)

DIS0406: Travel by working status, with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b59215555fb89cf3f5ea2/dis0406.ods) (ODS, 13.6 KB)

DIS0407: Travel by driving licence holding, with disability status and age: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b592feb300a86d83d0c55/dis0407.ods) (ODS, 15.9 KB)

DIS0408: Average number of trips by disability status and sex: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b59439159159c36e940a6/dis0408.ods) (ODS, 9.35 KB)

DIS0409: Average number of trips by disability status and household income quintile: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b5954ebe5217ba73d0c59/dis0409.ods) (ODS, 10.1 KB)

Contact us

Transport: disability, accessibility and blue badge statistics

Email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Media enquiries xx-xxxx-xxxx
Outdoor Resources 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 Outdoor Resources 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 Outdoor Resources 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
- 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.
Mrs J Peters v Barchester Healthcare Ltd: 2206187/2021 and 2201889/2022
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-09)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mrs J Peters v Barchester Healthcare Ltd: 2206187/2021 and 2201889/2022 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6936aa067b258b4b52574345/Mrs_J_Peters_v_Barchester_Healthcare_Ltd_-_2206187.2021_and_2201889.2022_-_Final.pdf).
Cooper Construction Services 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 Cooper Construction Services 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 Cooper Construction Services 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
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 M V N Pazo v ADP Architecture Ltd: 2302822/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-11)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Ms M V N Pazo v ADP Architecture Ltd: 2302822/2024 - Dismissal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690e21fe77678398dc4627fd/Ms_MV_Nicolas_PAzo_v_ADP_Architecture_Limited_2302822-2024_Dismissal_judgment_15-Jul-24.pdf).
Mr D Edwards v Bidvest Noonan (UK) Ltd: 6011334/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-06)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr D Edwards v Bidvest Noonan (UK) Ltd: 6011334/2024 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67c5cbfd16dc9038974dbdb5/Mr._D_Edwards_v_Bidvest_Noonan__UK__limited_6011334.2024_Strike_Out_Judgment.pdf)

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Mr R Toth v DHL Services Ltd: 6002234/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-28)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr R Toth v DHL Services Ltd: 6002234/2024 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67bc48b4ff9676313f35343f/Mr_Rastislav_Toth_v_DHL_Services_Ltd_6002234.2024_Judgment.pdf).
HJ and MM v Birmingham City Council (SEN): [2025] UKUT 323 (AAC)
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-07)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 30 September 2025.

Read the full decision in UA-xx-xxxx-xxxx-HS (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691201f2663088df8f54f4aa/_UA-xx-xxxx-xxxx-HS_.pdf).

Judicial Summary

This case required the First-tier Tribunal to decide whether a child’s special educational needs could reasonably be met within day special school provision or whether the child reasonably required educational provision extending beyond the normal school day, up to and including, a “waking day curriculum” that required a residential special school placement. The First-tier Tribunal erred in law by failing to adopt the necessary logical approach to the issues it needed to decide and by failing to give adequate reasons for its conclusion. In particular: the Tribunal failed to give adequate reasons for its conclusion that the child was previously making reasonable progress in all areas while at day special school; wrongly adopted a global approach to the question of whether provision outside normal school hours was reasonably required rather than considering what specific provision was required to meet the child’s various special educational needs; wrongly proceeded on the basis that a need for consistency of approach outside school hours could not of itself equate to a need for education or training outside normal school hours; and wrongly assumed that because the provision the child was receiving in his 52-week residential special school placement did not include structured programmes of education it could not amount to education or training outside normal school hours.
Mr D Khelafa v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust: 2303304/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr D Khelafa v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust: 2303304/2024 - Withdrawal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6915bebfbc34c86ce4e6e731/Mr_David_Khelafa_v_Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust_2303304-2024_-_Partial_Dismissal_Judgment_07-Aug-25.pdf).
Financial sanctions guidance for high value dealers and art market participants
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-18)

Guidance on compliance with UK financial sanctions regulations for high value dealers (HVDs) and art market participants.

Guidance on UK financial sanctions for High Value Dealers & Art Market Participants covering:
- Common evasion practices
- Due diligence
- Reporting
- Licensing
- Compliance and penalties
- Ownership and control
Maps of Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone tax sites
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-13)

Find the Investment Zone tax sites within the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone.

These maps show the Investment Zone tax sites within the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone. These sites are designated and recognised in law as geographical areas where businesses can benefit from tax reliefs to bring investment, trade and jobs.

The tax sites for Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone have been designated with effect from 21 November 2025.

Tax site locations

The 3 tax sites within the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone are:
- Deeside
- Warren Hall
- Wrexham
Deeside has various locations, the north section is adjacent to Deeside Industrial Park. The southern section is located north of River Dee, adjacent to Shotton Clocktower. The M56 provides access from the East and A494 from the Southwest with the A550 providing local access to the multiple locations.

Warren Hall is located in Broughton, Flintshire immediately adjacent to the junction of A5104 and Lesters Lane (Warren interchange).

Wrexham has various sites in the vicinity of Wrexham Industrial estate.
Octaga Security Services 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 Octaga Security Services 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 Octaga Security Services 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
We also pledge the following:

-Supporting fundraising and equipment drives and encouraging the local communities to engage

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.
AW Precision Limited
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 AW Precision Limited 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 AW Precision Limited 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.
Review of Ofsted’s electronic evidence gathering (EEG) application
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-16)

This review explores how robust and reliable Ofsted’s EEG application is, including the guidance and processes for inspectors to follow if they encounter technical difficulties.

Following reports of technical issues with the EEG system last year, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector commissioned an internal review to look at the issues and consider appropriate actions and mitigations. The review covers the period from March 2019 to May 2024.

This internal review is published for transparency.
CTM17280 - Distributions: demergers: methods of demerging
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-30)


CTA10/PART23/CHAPTER5 provides for two methods of demerging:
- the 'direct' route, CTA10/S1076, and
- the 'indirect' route, CTA10/S1077.
In the 'direct' route, the trading activities that are to be the subject of the demerger are those of a 75 per cent subsidiary. A company is a 75 per cent subsidiary of another company if at least 75 per cent of its ordinary share capital is directly or indirectly owned by that company. The parent company (the distributing company) simply distributes its shares in the subsidiary to its own ordinary shareholders. This breaks the group relationship. The shareholders of the parent become direct owners of the subsidiary.

In the 'indirect' or 'three-cornered route', the distributing company transfers either:
- a trade, or
- shares in a 75 per cent subsidiary,
to another company (usually a new company). In return, that other company issues shares to the shareholders of the distributing company.

There are special rules for groups of companies where the subsidiary that is the subject of the demerger is further down the group family tree.

Conditions to be satisfied

To be within the scope of CHAPTER5, a demerger must satisfy certain conditions. These seek to ensure that
- there is a genuine division of trading activities, and
- the demerger is not a device for facilitating a partition of trading activity from investment, a change of control of a company, or tax avoidance.
Officers need to be aware of these conditions only in general terms.
The Customs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-25)

This tax information and impact note is about some changes to customs rules which apply to goods that are imported and exported in certain circumstances.

This statutory instrument makes various changes to the customs rules that apply when goods are imported or exported. The changes relate to how these goods can be declared to HMRC for customs purposes in certain circumstances. This includes changes that will apply where:
- certain goods are declared for export
- imported goods are declared for a temporary admission procedure or a transit procedure
The instrument also establishes a new customs authorisation for certain foreign postal operators providing services in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that will enable most postal items these operators carry out of the UK to benefit from simplified declaration processes. The instrument also reduces customs information requirements for items of correspondence (such as letters) brought to, or taken out of, the UK.

The instrument will permit certain imported goods to be kept in Great Britain under temporary admission arrangements for longer periods than previously possible.

The legislation also makes sure that:
- HMRC powers to examine goods are aligned across the UK
- penalties can be charged where a person bringing goods into the UK does not comply with customs requirements concerning the movement or examination of goods
Other provisions make sure that customs rules for the valuation of imported goods align with the UK’s international agreements, and update the law concerning HMRC control and examination of goods before they are exported.
Miss I Maqbool v Sneinton Stop n Shop: 2603189/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-17)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Miss I Maqbool v Sneinton Stop n Shop: 2603189/2023 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68516fef383f35c998823f7c/Miss_I_Maqbool_v_Sneinton_Stop_n_Shop_SO_Judgment.pdf).
Mr A Bouzidi v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: 2217680/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-23)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr A Bouzidi v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: 2217680/2023 - Judgment on Liability (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68079a8e4dd7e0f8897a618d/Mr_A_Bouzidi_v__Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust_-_2217680-2023.pdf).
Storing chemical toilet waste: RPS 277
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-08)

Environment Agency regulatory position on storing  chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.

This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to get an environmental permit for a waste operation when you store chemical toilet waste and other sewage related wastes.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement if you meet the requirements in the RPS.

The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.
Purple Foodservice Solutions Limited
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 Purple Foodservice Solutions Limited 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 Purple Foodservice Solutions Limited 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:
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
We also pledge the following:

Sponsor AF caterer of the year and AF chef of the year awards; sponsor UK4U Christmas boxes; 37.5% of employees are veterans;

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 J Blanche v West Lancashire Borough Council: 6006160/2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-25)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr J Blanche v West Lancashire Borough Council: 6006160/2025 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6924822a90a8c154e902628c/Mr_J_Blanche_v_West_Lancashire_Borough_Council_-_6006160_2025_-_Judgment.pdf).

Read the full decision in Mr J Blanche v West Lancashire Borough Council: 6006160/2025 - Reasons (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69248246053e434aa9026298/Mr_J_Blanche_v_West_Lancashire_Borough_Council_-_6006160_2025_-_Reasons.pdf).
Mr M Dowding v The Character Group plc: 2303676/2017
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-18)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr M Dowding v The Character Group plc: 2303676/2017 - Costs (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67aa15eb31fb10faa3148497/Mr_M_Dowding_v_The_Character_Group_plc_2303676-2017.pdf).
Switzerland: UK Science and Innovation Network summary
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-13)

A summary from UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) on science and innovation in Switzerland including UK SIN priorities and successes.

The UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/uk-science-and-innovation-network) leads on developing science partnerships and using science in diplomacy around the world. This Science and Innovation Network summary for Switzerland outlines:
- the science and innovation landscape in Switzerland
- Switzerland’s priorities in research, development and innovation
- UK-Switzerland science cooperation
M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme development consent decision announced
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-04)

The M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme application has today been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.

The application includes the following: (1) Improvements to Junction 10 on the M5; (2) A new road linking Junction 10 to west Cheltenham; (3) Widening of the A4019, east of Junction 10; and (4) Provision of separate, dedicated footways and cycle lanes for non-motorised traffic along the local roads within scheme limits.

The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration by Gloucestershire County Council on 19 December 2023 and accepted for examination on 16 January 2024.

Following an examination during which the public, statutory consultees and interested parties were given the opportunity to give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were made to the Secretary of State on 4th March 2025.

This is the 58th transport application out of 157 applications examined to date and was again completed by the Planning Inspectorate within the statutory timescale laid down in the Planning Act 2008.

Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being involved in the examination of projects that may affect them. Local people, the local authority and other interested parties were able to participate in this six-month examination.

The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration to all local views and the evidence gathered during the examination before making its recommendation to the Secretary of State.

The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority to the Secretary of State for Transport and the evidence considered by the Examining Authority in reaching its recommendation are publicly available on the project pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website. (https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR010063)

Journalists wanting further information should contact the Planning Inspectorate Press Office, on xx-xxxx-xxxx or xx-xxxx-xxxx or email:

xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
Mr S Lewis v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: 6007732/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-11)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr S Lewis v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: 6007732/2024 - Dismissal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b652fc22e4ed8b0518502/6007732.25_Mr_S_Lewis_v_Chief_Constable_of_West_Yorkshire_Police_Judgement.pdf).
The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-08)

A root-and-branch review of UK Defence.

The world has changed. The threat we now face is more serious and less predictable than at any time since the Cold War. The UK faces war in Europe, growing Russian aggression, new nuclear risks, and daily cyber-attacks at home. Our adversaries are working more in alliance with one another, while technology is changing how war is fought. Drones now kill more people than traditional artillery in the war in Ukraine, and whoever gets new technology into the hands of their Armed Forces the quickest will have the advantage.

We are in a new era of threat, which demands a new era for UK Defence. The Strategic Defence Review will make Britain safer—secure at home and strong abroad. It signifies a landmark shift in our deterrence and defence: moving to warfighting readiness to deter threats and strengthen security in the Euro-Atlantic. As the UK steps up to take on more responsibility for European security, we must have a ‘NATO first’ defence policy and lead within the Alliance. The UK will become the leading edge of innovation in NATO.

The SDR sets a path for the next decade and beyond to transform Defence. It will end the hollowing out of the UK’s Armed Forces and lead in a stronger, more lethal NATO. As we reform Defence and increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and 3% in the next Parliament when fiscal and economic conditions allow, the SDR will help make defence an engine for growth—boosting prosperity, jobs and security for working people across the UK.

The SDR’s vision for UK Defence:
- Move to warfighting readiness—establishing a more lethal ‘integrated force’ equipped for the future, and strengthened homeland defence.
- Engine for growth—driving jobs and prosperity through a new partnership with industry, radical procurement reforms and backing UK businesses.
- ‘NATO first’—stepping up on European security by leading in NATO, with strengthened nuclear, new tech and updated conventional capabilities.
- UK innovation driven by lessons from Ukraine—harnessing drones, data and digital warfare to make our Armed Forces stronger and safer.
- Whole-of-society approach—widening participation in national resilience, and renewing the Nation’s contract with those who serve.
This is a new vision for how the UK’s Armed Forces should be conceived: a combination of conventional and digital warfighters; the power of drones, AI and autonomy complementing the ‘heavy metal’ of tanks and artillery; innovation and procurement measured in months, not years; and the breaking down of barriers between individual Services, between the military and the private sector, and between the Armed Forces and wider society.
The White Book for foreign service advisors and defence attachés
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London.

Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staff and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London

This publication is no longer publicly available and is only provided on this site for access by authorised personnel and legitimate defence agencies.

Previous users are now referred to the ‘London diplomatic list’ on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website at: Foreign embassies in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-embassies-in-the-uk). The list contains all embassies and high commissions with the addresses, all the senior staff, telephone and fax numbers, plus email and website addresses.

‘The white book’ is available on the MOD UK Intranet for users who have obtained the necessary permissions to access the Internet version.

Contact details

DE Strat-OS-DS-FLSSupMOD, Level 4, Zone BMain BuildingWhitehallLondonSW1A 2HB

Fax: xx-xxxx-xxxx Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School: 6 August 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-05)

The schools adjudicator’s admission variation decision about Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School.

Decision reference: VAR2619-VAR2620

Type of decision: variation to admission arrangements – approved

School type: community

School phase: primary

Local authority: Lincolnshire County Council

Admission authority: local authority