theodi/ndl-core-corpus huggingface dataset:
Product Safety Report: Vevor Diesel Heater (2511-0300)
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-29)

Product Safety Report for Vevor Diesel Heater presenting a serious risk of suffocation.

Summary

Product: Vevor Diesel Heater

Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of suffocation as it is not supplied with appropriate safety information or instructions for use.

Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border.

Product information

Hazard

The product presents a serious risk of suffocation as it is not supplied with appropriate safety information or instructions for use. Diesel heaters must only be used in sufficiently ventilated spaces, without which the user is exposed to potentially fatal concentrations of carbon monoxide.

Improvements are required to marking, labelling and documentation.

The product does not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008.

Corrective action

The import has been rejected at the border.

Additional information

PSD notification number: 2511-0300

Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
Impact Recruitment Services Ltd v Ms I Korpysa: [2025] EAT 22
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-26)

Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Auerbach on 11 February 2025.

Read the full judgment in Impact Recruitment Services Ltd v Ms I Korpysa: [2025] EAT 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67bc92e5d157fd4b79adddad/Impact_Recruitment_Services_Ltd_v_Ms_I_Korpysa__2025__EAT_22.pdf).
1st Step 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 1st Step 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 1st Step 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:
- Armed Forces Friendly
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.
G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Statement on Hong Kong Arrest Warrants
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-08)

A statement from the UK alongside other G7 RRM member states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the European Union) as well as G7 RRM associate members (Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden).

Today, members of the G7 RRM (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union) as well as G7 RRM associate members (Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden) issued the following statement:

The G7 RRM notes recent statements made by the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand condemning the July 25, 2025 decision by the Hong Kong Police Authorities. The authorities issued arrest warrants and bounties on individuals outside Hong Kong’s borders, including in G7 RRM countries, for exercising their freedom of expression. This form of transnational repression undermines national security, state sovereignty, human rights, and the safety of communities.

Building on the recent G7 Leaders’ Statement on Transnational Repression, G7 RRM members and associate members are committed to strengthening our efforts to safeguard our sovereignty, to keep our communities safe, and to defend individuals from the overreach of governments trying to silence, intimidate, harass, harm or coerce them within our borders.

We encourage individuals to report suspicious activities and any incidents of intimidation, harassment, coercion, or threats to their law enforcement authorities in accordance with domestic laws and regulations.

Since its inception, the G7 RRM has aimed to counter foreign interference. It includes G7 members, and Australia, New Zealand, NATO, the Netherlands, and Sweden as associate members. The G7 RRM and likeminded global partners stand together in countering these ongoing malign activities.

Media enquiries

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

Telephone xx-xxxx-xxxx

Email the FCDO Newsdesk (monitored 24 hours a day) in the first instance, and we will respond as soon as possible.
IDG54900 - Information disclosure Gateways with other government departments: Trading Standards (Local Authorities)
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-05)


Trading Standards enforce the laws that govern transactions involving goods and services in the UK. The service is delivered by Local Authorities (or by the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland).

Information which can be disclosed

Any information obtained under the provisions of the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979 (CEMA) or the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (VATA).

Furthermore, any information not held for these functions but which is gathered in carrying out HMRC’s functions in relation to imported goods may be disclosed for the specific purposes set out below.

The purpose for which the information can be disclosed

Information can be disclosed for the purposes of any functions performed by Trading Standards under the provisions of legislation listed under Schedule 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (see IDG55220 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/information-disclosure-guide/idg55220)) including the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987. Section 19 of Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 can be used to disclose information to Trading Standards for the purposes of functions they have to enforce Tobacco & Vape regulations. This will allow HMRC to disclose information for any criminal investigations and to determine whether investigations should be initiated on a case-by-case basis.

Furthermore, any information which cannot be disclosed under the Enterprise Act, but which is gathered in carrying out HMRC’s functions in relation to imported goods may be disclosed to Trading Standards for the purposes of product safety enforcement or trade mark infringement enforcement. For example, counterfeit goods are stopped at entry into the UK under Council Regulation (EC) 1383/2003 - any that are considered to be a threat to public safety may be reported to Trading Standards.

Which part of HMRC can disclose this information?

Parts of HMRC performing functions under CEMA and VATA. In practical terms this would normally be officers performing Customs functions at the UK borders.

Procedure to follow

Those members of staff working in the relevant business areas, as above, can make disclosures to Trading Standards. Please check with your manager if in any doubt.

If you are considering making a disclosure to Trading Standards using the Enterprise Act 2002, please follow the guidance provided at IDG55200 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/information-disclosure-guide/idg55200).

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Legislation which allows disclosure
- Section 91 Trade Marks Act 1994, Section 37 Consumer Protection Act 1987, Part 9 Enterprise Act 2002 and Section 19 of Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
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Devolved administrations

The Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment performs the functions of Trading Standards in Northern Ireland.

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Further guidance

For further guidance and assistance generally on confidentiality please contact your Security & Information Business Partner (SIBP).
British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department for Work and Pensions
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-21)

This plan sets out how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to improve the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in its communications in the next 5 years.

The BSL Act 2022 requires that named ministerial government departments must report on how they are promoting or facilitating the use of BSL in their communications with the public.

Each ministerial department has been asked to produce a 5-year BSL plan, setting out how they plan to improve the use of BSL within their departments.

These are published alongside the third BSL report (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/british-sign-language-bsl-third-report-may-2024-to-april-2025), which summarises work being done across the government to improve the use of BSL.

Departments will be asked to update on progress against their 5-year plan in the fourth BSL report. This is due to be published in July 2026.
SY8 2LB, Freemans of Newent Limited: permit surrender issued - EPR/ZP3834JA/S003
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-23)

View the surrender issued for Coppice Poultry Farm, Bromfield under the Industrial Emissions Directive.

The Environment Agency publish surrenders that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the surrender letter and decision document for:
- Operator name: Freemans of Newent Limited
- Installation name: Coppice Poultry Farm
- Permit number: EPR/ZP3834JA
Acquisition of tangible and intangible assets held by Versarien Plc by the prospective UK Joint Venture Co and Anhui Boundary Innovative Materials Technology Co Ltd: notice of final order
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-19)

Notice of final order relating to the acquisition of tangible and intangible assets held by Versarien Plc by the prospective UK Joint Venture Co and Anhui Boundary Innovative Materials Technology Co Ltd.

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a final order under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 in respect of the acquisition of tangible and intangible assets held by Versarien Plc by the prospective UK Joint Venture Co and Anhui Boundary Innovative Materials Technology Co Ltd.
Public hearing decision in the case of Glynn Kenyon
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-30)

You will find attached the decision following the application for the parole hearing of Glynn Kenyon to allow the public to observe the hearing.

A Judicial Parole Board member, on behalf of the Parole Board Chair, has not granted the application for Glynn Kenyon’s parole hearing to be made public.

More information about the reasons for this decision are attached.

For more detail on applying for a parole hearing to be made public, please read more here: Applying for a Parole review to be public - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-a-parole-review-to-be-public)
Countering sanctions evasion: guidance for freight and shipping
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-03)

For freight forwarders, carriers, hauliers, customs intermediaries, postal and express operators, and other companies facilitating the movement of goods.

This guidance is specific to trade sanctions targeting Russia, but much of the advice can be translated to other countries the UK government has imposed trade sanctions on, including Belarus, Iran, and North Korea. A full list of UK sanctions regimes (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sanctions-regimes-under-the-sanctions-act) is available on GOV.UK.
MGN 561 (M) Amendment 1 Surveys: recognised organisation enhanced authorisation
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-21)

The conclusion of the phase-in period for the Enhanced Authorisation Scheme (EAS) and its implementation.

Notice to all operators, shipowners, masters, and UK Recognised Organisations.

This notice should be read with MSN 1672 (as amended), MSN 1751 (as amended), MSN 1848 (as amended) and MGN 568 (as amended).

Change of name from EAS to EASS inline with future changes to Survey and Certification Regulations.

Increased flexibility with windows for EASS.

Statement of the intent to withdraw ACS removed.

Replacement of EASS letters with Certificates.

Flag state inspections replaced by Surveys.
Advice for decision making: staff guide
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-10)

Advice for DWP decision makers on Universal Credit, PIP and contribution-based JSA and ESA for people who are eligible for Universal Credit.

This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
- Universal Credit (UC)
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for people who are eligible for Universal Credit (https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/eligibility)
The advice in the Decision makers’ guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/decision-makers-guide-staff-guide) applies in all other cases.

Join our mailing list to find out when we update this publication by emailing xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Why we publish this guide

We publish this guide to help people understand how we make decisions.

Information for claimants

Information for claimants about eligibility and how to claim:
- Universal Credit (https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit)
Personal Independence Payment (https://www.gov.uk/pip)
- Jobseeker’s Allowance (https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance)
- Employment and Support Allowance (https://www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance)
Part-time student finance forms for including your household income in your application
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-25)

2025 to 2026 and 2024 to 2025 academic year forms to apply for your household income to be included in your student finance application.

If you have not applied for part-time student finance based on your household income on your initial application, complete the relevant academic year NMT to MT form.

Your parents or partner may also need to provide details of their income - they can do this online or by using the form PFF2.

If your household income has dropped by 15% or more since the tax year provided on the PFF2 form you’ll need to do both of the following:

submit your household income details using form PFF2

complete a CYI form (to ask for your student finance to be based on your expected income for the current tax year)
CG27200 - Partnerships: Partnership assets
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-14)


Determining whether or not assets are partnership assets or whether they are assets that are used by the partnership but owned by one or more of the partners may not be straightforward.

In this guidance the term `partnership assets' is used to describe assets which are owned by the partnership as such. The term `other assets' is used to describe assets used by the partnership which are owned by one or more of the partners but not by the partnership itself.

There are no hard and fast rules to identify what are partnership assets and what are other assets. Each case will depend upon its own facts, any documentary evidence and the intentions of the partners. For example, the fact that only one of the partners paid for and took title to the assets would suggest they would be ‘other assets’. However, if all the partners intended them to be partnership assets it may be appropriate to treat them as ‘partnership assets’.

Further guidance is available at PM163270 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/partnership-manual/pm163270)

Scottish Stock Exchange

Assets held by a member firm of the Scottish Stock Exchange Association are not regarded as partnership assets. They are treated as assets to which the individual partner who provided them is absolutely entitled as against all the partners holding them for him as bare trustees, see CG34300 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/capital-gains-manual/cg34300).
Wellbeing Lincs
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 Wellbeing Lincs 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 Wellbeing Lincs 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
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Armed Forces Charities
- 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.
G Ogunbayo v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs: 1303074/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-16)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in G Ogunbayo v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs: 1303074/2024 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6874d2f692691289bdb7d35c/G_Ogunbayo_V_Commissioners_for_HM_Revenue_and_Customs-1303074-2024-Judgment.pdf).
UK-India CETA Chapter 8: Trade in Services
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-05)

Text of chapter 8 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.

This chapter and associated annexes outline the market access and treatment that the FTA guarantees to UK service suppliers. This provides long-term certainty and transparency for service suppliers exporting to and operating in the Indian market.

A professional services annex identifies and encourages mutually interested UK and Indian relevant bodies to enter into negotiations on agreements or arrangements for recognition of professional qualifications.

This chapter does not compromise the UK’s ability to regulate key public services.

The agreement is not yet in force. Both the UK and India are required to complete their respective domestic procedures for the agreement to come into effect. Once ratified by both countries, businesses will be able to trade under its terms.
Reference Documents for The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-10)

Find out about the tariff suspensions that apply from the end of the transition period.

This document details all the goods to which a tariff suspension applies, the tariff that actually applies to these goods, and the expiry date of the tariff suspension.

The statutory instruments that have given legal effect to these reference documents, and their previous versions, can be found at:
- The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1435/contents/made)
- The Customs Tariff (Establishment and Suspension of Import Duty) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/63/contents/made)
- The Customs (Tariff etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/380/contents/made)
- The Customs (Tariff etc.) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2021 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/870/contents/made)
- The Customs Tariff (Establishment and Suspension of Import Duty) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021. (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1191/contents/made)
- The Customs (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1489/contents/made)
Warm Home Discount statistics, 2023 to 2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-26)

Official statistics in development on the Warm Home Discount scheme, providing figures on the number of households receiving the Warm Home Discount.

Revision notice: 26 June 2025

The data for 2023 to 2024 in Tables 7 and 10 has been revised in the 2025 Warm Home Discount statistics publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2024-to-2025). Please use the 2025 publication for the most accurate data on Warm Home Discount receipt by gas grid connection and dwelling size.

Correction notice: 6 August 2024

The disability premium data in the data tables has been revised. This only affects Table 13 and does not impact other statistical tables or the accompanying report. Due to a data processing error, the previous version under-reported the number of households receiving Warm Home Discount who also received disability premium benefits in 2023 to 2024.

The Warm Home Discount scheme requires large domestic energy suppliers to provide an annual discount of £150 to eligible households.

These statistics report the number and type of households receiving rebates. This includes analysis of the share of households by:
- region
- dwelling type
- type of household
Tree nursery directories
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-09)

Find forestry and tree nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nurseries directory and tree nurseries directory (agroforestry).

The nursery directories connect people who buy trees with nurseries who grow trees.

All nurseries in the forest nurseries directory are registered as a forest reproductive material supplier under the Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002.

Biosecure procurement requirement pilot for plants and trees

You need to follow the Biosecure Procurement Requirement Pilot for plants and trees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/biosecure-procurement-requirement-pilot-for-plants-and-trees). This makes sure our green spaces are better protected from pests and diseases.

The requirement pilot is being trialled for the following grants:
- England Woodland Creation Offer (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/england-woodland-creation-offer)
- Tree health pilot (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tree-health-pilot-scheme) restocking grants
- Local Authority Treescapes Fund (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-authority-treescapes-fund)
- Urban Tree Challenge Fund (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/urban-tree-challenge-fund)
- HS2 Woodland Fund (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hs2-woodland-fund)
Get added to a nursery directory

If you run a nursery and want to be included in a directory, or need to edit your entry, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).
Funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-20)

This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.

The Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) is provided to all local authorities in England to support their statutory obligations and to help deliver local homelessness and rough sleeping strategies.

This consultation is seeking views on HPG and the formula that is used to calculate the need for funding. This consultation will consider proposals on the measures and metrics used to ensure need is calculated accurately based on current and relative pressures.

To help visualise and consider our proposed changes, we have also published illustrative allocations below. These do not account for any adjustments for available resources, which government is considering as part of wider reforms to local government funding. They are also highly likely to change when the calculations are re-run using the latest available data when allocations are finalised. These should not be considered as representative figures for future allocations.

For information on the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant funding for local authorities in the financial year 2025 to 2026 see the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2025-26: technical note (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-allocations-2025-to-2026/homelessness-prevention-grant-2025-26-technical-note).
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 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 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 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
- Armed Forces Charities
- 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.
Trac Mon 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 Trac Mon 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 Trac Mon 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 Reservists
- 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.
Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr Christopher Jones
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-19)

Professional conduct panel outcome, including decision and reasons.

The Secretary of State does not make these decisions themselves. They are made by a senior official on the recommendation of an independent panel.

Teacher’s name: Mr Christopher Jones

Location teacher worked: Berkshire, South East England

Date of professional conduct panel: 12 February 2025

Outcome type: no order made

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012, a professional conduct panel was convened to consider the case of Mr Christopher Jones, formerly employed in Berkshire, South East England.

Teacher misconduct

Ground Floor, South Cheylesmore House 5 Quinton RoadCoventryCV1 2WT

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

Telephone xx-xxxx-xxxx

Information about regulating the teaching profession and the process for dealing with serious teacher misconduct.
HMEXSH2280 - General structure and nature of the Export Shops warehousing regime: Who is liable for the excise duty?
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-08)


The Excise Goods (Export Shops) Regulations 2000, regulation 11(5) states that:

The person liable to pay the duty at the excise duty point shall be:
- in any case where the excise goods are supplied to an entitled passenger who subsequently fails to leave the United Kingdom with those goods, that passenger,
- in any other case, the authorized warehousekeeper.
Where (a) above applies, it usually involves an offence under CEMA section170. This will normally be dealt with by Customs. The warehousekeeper will be liable under the Export Shops regulation 11(5)(b) for discrepancies in warehouse and for any sales of duty suspended goods to non-entitled passengers. This would include any sales where the warehousekeeper did not instigate any checks to confirm passenger entitlement (Export Shops regulation 8(1)). Assessment for excise duty should be raised on form EX601. Detailed information on assessments can befound in X-51 (http://guidance.hmce.gov.uk/X_Series/X-51_Civil_penalties_and_assessments/x-51_41006.doc). Also refer to form EX603 (Excise Assessment/Civil Penalty Explanatory Notes).
CG69400 - Oil exploration and exploitation: Large Business Oil & Gas Sector
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-07)


TCGA92/S193 to TCGA92/S200 provide special rules covering the calculation of chargeable gains or allowable losses on assets used in oil exploration or exploitation. These assets include licences, assets such as plant and machinery used in connection with an oil field and unquoted shares deriving the greater part of their value from oil exploration and exploitation assets.

If HMRC staff need advice, they should seek support from the Large Business Oil & Gas Sector leads.

CG30 should, as normal, be sent to Shares and Assets Valuation, who will consult with Large Business Oil & Gas Sector leads as necessary.
Category A project under consideration: Anma Offshore Wind Farm, South Korea
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-12)

Notification of a Category A project under consideration by UKEF.

Category A projects are defined by the OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence (the OECD Common Approaches).

We publish certain information about Category A projects that we are asked to support, in line with the requirements of the OECD Common Approaches, as long as we have the consent of the applicant.
HM Courts and Tribunals Service Board meeting 13 March 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-30)

Summary of Board meeting held on 13 March 2025.

The meeting discussed items including:
- Audit & Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) Update
- CEO Report
- Performance & Finance Updates
- Spending Review – Phase 2
- Productivity Stock Take and Recommendations; Unit cost; Tracking Partner Delays in the Justice System
- Deep Dive on the Immigration & Asylum Chamber (IAC)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption at HMCTS
Skill Horizons
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 Skill Horizons 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 Skill Horizons 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.
IEIM401760 - Financial Accounts: Excluded Accounts: Retirement and Pension Accounts
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-12)


Financial Accounts: Excluded Accounts: Retirement and Pension Accounts

FATCA

All retirement accounts and products established under a:
- UK registered pension scheme under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004; and
- Annual contributions are limited to £50,000; and
- The funds contributed cannot be accessed before the age of 55, except in circumstances of serious ill health*
- Immediate needs annuity qualifying as such under Section 725 Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005
are in Annex II of the US (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-automatic-exchange-of-information-agreement/uk-us-automatic-exchange-of-information-agreement) IGA and are excluded accounts for FATCA purposes.

CRS

For CRS, only retirement accounts and products established under a:
- UK registered pension scheme under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004; and
- Immediate needs annuity qualifying as such under Section 725 Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005
are Excuded Accounts, being listed as as excluded accounts in Schedule 2 of the International Tax Compliance Regulations 2015 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/878/pdfs/uksi_20150878_en.pdf). Non-registered pension arrangements were originally excluded accounts for CRS purposes but were made reportable for CRS with effect from 13 May 2020 [see IEIM401740 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/international-exchange-of-information/ieim401740)].

Financial Institutions will have no reporting obligations in respect of these accounts or products. For clarification this applies to both the accumulation and decumulation phases of a pension scheme, contract or arrangement.

Registered Pension Scheme

A registered pension scheme is a pension scheme or contract that is registered with or deemed registered with HMRC. Any pension scheme or contract which had tax approval on 5 April 2006 (or whose tax approved status was granted on or after 6 April 2006, but was backdated so that the scheme was in effect approved on 5 April 2006) automatically became a registered pension scheme from 6 April 2006.

A deferred annuity “buy-out” contract which secures benefits which have arisen under a registered pension scheme is treated as a registered pension scheme from the date it is purchased.

Accumulation and Decumulation Phase

The accumulation phase is the accumulation of savings (or accrual of benefit) in a registered pension scheme or other pension arrangement.

The decumulation phase is the use of those accumulated funds to take a pension for the remainder of the individual’s or their dependant’s life.

“Pension” is defined under Section165 (2) Finance Act 2004 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/12/contents), to include an annuity or income withdrawal as well as a pension that is paid directly from the pension scheme.

Example

A trust based pension scheme purchases a Trustee Investment Plan (TIP) from a Reporting UK Insurance company. As the TIP is purchased by a Non-Reporting Financial Institution the Reporting UK Insurance Company is not required to review or report on the account.
Mr M Malone v Cardiff Council: 1601300/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-28)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr M Malone v Cardiff Council: xx-xxxx-xxxx - Dismissal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67bc78574ad141d908353463/xx-xxxx-xxxx_M_Malone_v_Cardiff_Council_Judgment.pdf).
Retrospective actuarial confirmation of benefit changes
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-05)

The Government will introduce legislation to deal with issues arising from the Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees judgment.

The Government is aware that following last year’s Court of Appeal judgment in Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees Limited, there is increased uncertainty in the pensions industry. We recognise that schemes and sponsoring employers need clarity around scheme liabilities and member benefit levels in order to plan for the future.

The Government will therefore introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the necessary standards.

Scheme obligations will otherwise be unaffected and the Government will continue to maintain its robust framework for the funding of defined benefit pension schemes in order to protect people’s hard-earned pensions.
Mr N Arshad v Amazon UK Services Ltd: 1808615/2023 and 1807773/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-05)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr N Arshad v Amazon UK Services Ltd: xx-xxxx-xxxx and xx-xxxx-xxxx - Dismissal (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6890c63823e00ee4ad463ec0/1808615.23_and_1807773.23_-_Nasir_Arshad_v_Amazon_UK_Services_LTD.pdf).
Overspeeding incident at Grantham South Junction
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-03)

Preliminary examination into an overspeeding incident at Grantham South Junction, 25 February 2025.

At around 08:25 on 25 February 2025, train reporting number 1A12, the 0700 Hull to London Kings Cross service, operated by LNER, was involved in an overspeeding incident at Grantham South Junction.

The train departed after a planned stop at Grantham station with the signal indicating that the train was to diverge from the main line onto a parallel slow line at Grantham South Junction. This divergence has a permanent speed restriction of 25 mph (40 km/h). However, train 1A12 was travelling at around 55 mph (87 km/h) when it traversed the junction. Staff on board reported receiving minor injuries due to the overspeed, although there were no reported passenger injuries. The permissible speed in this area for a train which remains on the main line is 115 mph (184 km/h).

RAIB was notified of the incident soon after it occurred. We have since gathered evidence from the railway industry and carried out a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Our preliminary examination found that there is a strong likelihood that factors were present in this incident that were similar to those identified during RAIB’s investigations into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough, 17 April 2022, (report 06/2023 (https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-06-slash-2023-train-overspeeding-at-spital-junction)) and a similar event at the same location on 4 May 2023 (report 10/2024 (https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-10-slash-2024-overspeed-at-spital-junction-peterborough)). Some of the recommendations from these investigations remain open and we have concluded it is unlikely that further investigation will lead to new recommendations for the improvement of railway safety. Consequently, RAIB will not investigate further or produce an investigation report.

However, this incident again illustrates the issues associated with relying completely on train drivers reacting appropriately to a junction or route indicator to control the risks presented by trains taking diverging low-speed turnouts on high-speed through routes. This risk may be increased by the introduction of higher performing train fleets, and possibly by routing patterns on an ever busier railway.

RAIB has written to the Office of Rail and Road, to draw its attention to this incident when considering industry responses to the recommendations made in the Spital Junction reports and the wider questions within the industry around protection against overspeeding.

We have copied the letter to Network Rail, LNER and the Rail Safety and Standards Board so that they are aware of the contents.