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The SORP-making body has published a helpsheet explaining lease accounting requirements under the new Charities SORP, aimed at charities preparing accruals accounts to ensure compliant financial reporting.
List of AAIB ‘record‑only’ investigations reviewed in July–August 2026, summarising cases that did not proceed to full reports and noting airframe types and investigation outcomes where recorded.
Government consultation proposes amendments to the Poisons Act 1972 to tighten regulation of explosives precursors and other poisons, aiming to strengthen licensing, controls and enforcement to reduce misuse and improve public safety.
A large-scale Environment Agency training exercise will test the Northwich flood defence scheme over 11–12 October, exercising barriers and response procedures to check readiness for winter flooding and identify operational issues ahead of the season.
The LEAPFISH methodology and quality statement explains how the Landings Enriched Approach to Positional Fisheries Data is produced and assesses data quality, detailing processes, limitations and confidence in the latest dataset release.
LEAPFISH 2024 is an Official Statistics in Development release providing landings data linked to positional (vessel) fisheries information, improving spatial detail on where fish were landed to support management, compliance and analysis of fishing activity.
Registered births in Northern Ireland for September 2026, providing the routine monthly update to the official birth statistics series for the region.
Monthly counts of registered deaths in Northern Ireland for September 2026, providing routine vital‑statistics breakdowns by time period and registration; the release updates the official monthly mortality series for Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland results from the UK Innovation Survey 2025 present firm-level innovation activity and investment across 2022–24, providing regional evidence on R&D, new products, processes and collaboration.
Annual report for 1 April 2025–31 March 2026 summarising independent custody visits in Northern Ireland, providing data on visits, detainee contacts and recorded outcomes by visiting volunteers.
Assessed costs and practicality of fitting acoustic pingers on under-12m static-net vessels to reduce harbour porpoise bycatch, using stakeholder engagement in the southwest and an adaptable economic modelling framework estimating pinger numbers and expected costs.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued a statement from the Secretary of State following an update from the Metropolitan Police on the Grenfell Tower investigation.
Webpage contains a subscription form to join the Centre for European Reform mailing list, requesting email and city details for updates and publications.
A compilation video purporting to show ‘US strikes on Iran’ mixes fake material with older footage from across the Middle East, including clips filmed in Lebanon and Gaza, according to Full Fact’s verification.
New Ministry of Justice language services contracts came into effect on 5 October 2026, intended to deliver more consistent, reliable and accessible interpretation and translation across HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
The Youth Justice Board has published its formal response to the Criminal Justice Board Wales’ Annual Report and Anti‑Racism Report, setting out the YJB’s reaction and likely next steps on youth justice and racism issues in Wales.
Falling birth rates in England and Wales (around 1.4 children per woman) and across developed countries are framed as manageable rather than catastrophic; the piece argues funded pensions and other policy responses can offset demographic pressures on public finances.
Public dissatisfaction and low presidential approval accompany the 2026 US midterms, with Democratic voters showing higher engagement and turnout intention amid a generally sour national mood.
The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee published its September 2026 record setting out identified risks to UK financial stability and the policy actions agreed to safeguard systemic resilience.
British companies will for the first time gain access to battlefield data from Ukraine to train new AI models intended to develop advanced drone swarm capabilities, leveraging operational data for defence-related AI development.
The Insolvency Service has launched a new strategy focused on earlier intervention, faster economic recovery from insolvency, and tougher action against fraud, signalling a shift towards preventing harm and improving returns to creditors.
Annual compendium presenting a broad set of Northern Ireland housing statistics for 2025–26, covering supply and demand indicators, tenure and social housing trends, affordability and homelessness measures to inform policy and service delivery.
Background information and quality report explaining sources, methods and quality assurance for statistics on Research and Development Tax Credits, covering definitions, data sources, coverage and known strengths and limitations.
Findings examine how family, friends and informal supporters help people access digital services and develop skills, identifying support patterns and policy implications for service design and inclusion.
Statistics detailing England’s material footprint: the volume of raw materials consumed that are associated with final demand, used to track resource use linked to domestic consumption.
Uses Pay-As-You-Earn administrative payroll data to identify employment-related non-response to the Labour Force Survey and explore potential adjustments to improve LFS coverage; outputs are presented as non-official statistics.
Provides tables of online job advert volumes from January 2017 to August 2026, broken down by Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020) and local authority, enabling analysis of labour demand by role and place.
UK Government has offered the Northern Ireland Executive over £1.5bn: £1.25bn across three years, plus £150m for public service transformation and £100m for social housing investment.
Kumar Iyer, UK Ambassador to the WTO, delivered the Chairperson’s statement on WTO reform at the General Council in Geneva on 5–6 October 2026, setting out the Chair’s position under Agenda Item 4.
Lord Chancellor Alex Norris announced measures to tackle drones and drug supply into prisons, and pledged new schemes to support offenders into employment and stable accommodation on release to reduce reoffending.