Public Duty Costs Allowance
Former prime ministers can claim up to £115,000 a year under the Public Duty Costs Allowance to cover office and staffing costs that help them fulfil post‑office public duties, the House of Commons Library note explains.
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Member Appointed to the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
The Secretary of State for DCMS has appointed Dr Jessica Harrison‑Hall to the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest for a four‑year term from 4 November 2026 to 3 November 2030.
Regulator investigates housing charity and restricts transactions
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Cumbria Community Homes (charity number 1184991) and has imposed restrictions on transactions while it investigates the organisation’s governance and activities.
Private members’ bills
Sets out the stages a bill follows in the House of Commons when introduced as a private member's bill, from introduction through readings, committee stages and possible outcomes.
New UK support to help millions of women gain greater choice over pregnancy and access better maternal healthcare
New UK-funded support aims to help millions of women and girls in some of the poorest countries gain greater choice over pregnancy and improved maternal healthcare access through international development programmes.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report 2025 to 2026
The abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening standards report presents data for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, covering performance against screening standards and programme activity over the year.
Road safety statistics: data tables
Detailed Great Britain statistics and data tables on reported personal injury road collisions, with breakdowns by vehicles and casualties involved to support analysis of road safety trends and risk factors.
Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2025 to 2026: quarterly data
Quarterly UK data and commentary for 2025–26 from the COVER programme, presenting childhood immunisation coverage levels across the UK for surveillance of vaccine uptake over that year.
Prices of fuels purchased by major power producers
Prices of fuels purchased by major power producers publishes quarterly and annual prices that power generators pay for fuels, supporting analysis of generation costs and electricity market pricing drivers.
Prices of fuels purchased by manufacturing industry
Prices of fuels purchased by manufacturing industry gives quarterly and annual fuel prices paid by manufacturers, reported in original units and p/kWh and broken down by consumption sizebands for sectoral cost analysis.
2025 Mid-Year Population Estimates for Northern Ireland, including Estimates of the Population Aged 85
Presents mid‑year 2025 population and migration estimates for Northern Ireland, with breakdowns for the 11 Local Government Districts and specific estimates of the population aged 85 and over.
Gram-negative, MRSA and MSSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infections: annual epidemiological reports 2022 to 2025
Annual epidemiological series presenting trends in bacteraemias from E. coli, Klebsiella spp., P. aeruginosa, MRSA and MSSA, and C. difficile infections across financial years 2022 to 2025, broken down by organism and year.
Reported road casualties Great Britain, additional analysis: 2025
Presents additional analysis and methodological development on personal injury collisions and casualty statistics on Great Britain’s public roads for 2025, supplementing headline reported road casualty figures.
Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery: England, Q1 2026/27
Quarter‑one 2026/27 data on women's smoking status at time of delivery in England, reporting prevalence among pregnant women at sub‑ICB and regional levels to monitor smoking in pregnancy trends.
Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2026
Quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics to June 2026 reporting operational caseloads, collections and payments, enforcement activity and customer counts to track performance of child maintenance arrangements.
The health impacts from industrial sources of PFAS: a rapid review
UKHSA produced a rapid evidence review on long-term health impacts from industrial PFAS exposure, summarising current studies on adverse outcomes associated with ‘forever chemicals’ and identifying potential public health implications.
Newcastle disease in Europe
Provides preliminary outbreak assessments of Newcastle disease in Europe, summarising recent detections and early epidemiological observations to inform surveillance and response efforts across affected countries.
Taxation of state pension
Explains that the state pension is technically subject to income tax, but most pensioners will not pay tax on it if it is their sole source of income, outlining how tax liability arises in practice.
Attorney General swearing-in speech: Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP
Full text of Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP’s swearing‑in speech as Attorney General, delivered at the Royal Courts of Justice, setting out her priorities and approach for the role.
Expert team to drive improvements in cancer care
An expert National Cancer Board has been announced to drive improvements in cancer care across the NHS; the new board’s first meeting is taking place today, signalling a government focus on cancer services.
New HEPI and Ellucian Policy Note ‘Risk and Resilience: What UK higher education can learn from the United States’
HEPI and Ellucian’s new policy note warns financial pressure compounds over time, drawing lessons from US university failures to explain how interconnected problems can drive UK institutions into decline and how they might spot and reverse those trends.
Episode 2: What Does a Return to Realpolitik Mean? With Professor John Bew
Podcast episode exploring the concept of realpolitik with Professor John Bew CMG, tracing the idea’s origins and assessing what a return to realpolitik means for contemporary foreign policy.
£4.4 million of vital funding for victims in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire will receive £4.4 million of Government funding over the next two years to provide mentoring, counselling and other support services for thousands of victim‑survivors across the county.
CNC supports UK's first National Cadets Week
Civil Nuclear Constabulary supported the UK's first National Cadets Week, recognising staff who volunteer with Cadet Forces and promoting youth development in confidence, skills and leadership through employer-backed volunteering.
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs): call for insights and evidence
Call for insights and research evidence to inform updates to the full suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), seeking input on seven NPQ frameworks to underpin future revisions.
80th anniversary of International Whaling Commission: UK reiterates strong anti-whaling stance and invests £150,000 in a new Global Strandings Database
At the International Whaling Commission meeting the UK reiterates its opposition to commercial whaling and commits £150,000 to establish a new Global Strandings Database to improve monitoring of marine mammal strandings.
UK driving action on climate and nature at UN General Assembly
UK ministers prioritised climate and nature at last week's UN General Assembly, leading UK delegations and discussions to place tackling the climate and biodiversity crises at the centre of the UNGA agenda.
Here we go again
Reflects on the prospects of another EU referendum, warning that public debate risks repeating the low quality and polarisation of previous campaigns and considering implications for politics and policy.
Deaths Registered in Northern Ireland - Week ending 25 September 2026
Tables of deaths registered in Northern Ireland up to and including the week ending 25 September 2026, providing weekly counts and breakdowns for use in public health and demographic monitoring.
Student numbers: In short
The UK student population expanded markedly from the mid-1990s but has recently fallen, with the decline partly attributed to tighter visa rules for overseas students affecting international enrolment levels.