Expanded infected blood compensation eligibility and increased award amounts for childhood infections, interferon treatments, and unethical research practices.

These Regulations amend the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025 to introduce new compensation categories and increase payment amounts for eligible infected and affected persons.

They establish a new severity level (2B) for Hepatitis B and C infections involving interferon treatment, create a financial loss award for potential earning capacity, and increase the autonomy award for those infected as children.

The instrument also expands the definition of unethical research practices and raises the associated award to £60,000 while updating various support scheme and winter fuel payment figures.

Postponed the commencement of specific procurement publication rules from October 2026 to May 2027.

These Regulations amend the Procurement (Amendment) Regulations 2026 by postponing the date on which certain procurement publication requirements come into force.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office directs that the commencement of regulation 5 of the earlier 2026 Regulations—which concerns the transition from the Contracts Finder system to a central digital platform—is moved from 1 October 2026 to 1 May 2027.

This change applies to the administrative processes of the Cabinet Office and the digital reporting obligations of public authorities throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Established procedural rules and maximum percentage limits for recovering public debt via direct bank account and salary deductions.

These Regulations establish the procedural framework for the Minister to recover public sector debts through direct deduction orders (DDOs) against bank accounts and deduction from earnings orders (DEOs).

They apply to banks, employers, and individuals identified as liable for public sector fraud or error in England and Wales.

The instrument specifies maximum deduction rates based on income bands, ranging from 3% to 40%, and mandates that certain funds like social security benefits and employer payroll costs are exempt from recovery actions.

Additionally, the regulations define time limits for bank compliance, administrative fee caps, and the priority of these orders relative to other court-ordered debts.

Amended the Procurement Regulations 2024, PSR Regulations 2023, and Transitional and Saving Provisions Regulations 2024 concerning central digital platform usage, payment transparency, supplier identification, and contract termination based on national security grounds.

These Regulations amend several existing statutory instruments governing UK public procurement, primarily focused on refining the operation of the central digital platform, enhancing transparency requirements for contract payments, and modifying rules for below-threshold tenders.

Key changes include detailing payment information disclosure, allowing alternative publication methods when the central platform is down, creating mechanisms to reserve contracts for SMEs and value-driven NGOs, streamlining supplier identification requirements for smaller contracts, and introducing ministerial notification requirements before terminating specific healthcare contracts on national security grounds.

Added the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement to the list of international procurement treaties and updated transitional rules for Indian suppliers.

These Regulations amend the Procurement Act 2023 to include the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as a specified international agreement, granting Indian suppliers enforceable rights in UK public procurement.

The instrument requires contracting authorities to treat eligible Indian economic operators no less favorably than those from the United Kingdom, except in cases involving procurements regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

It also updates transitional and saving provisions to ensure these international obligations apply to legacy procurement systems, including dynamic purchasing and qualification systems, for procurements commenced after the treaty enters into force.

* The Minister for the Cabinet Office made regulations amending the Procurement Act 2023 and associated commencement regulations to incorporate procurement provisions from UK-Kazakhstan and UK-Iraq international agreements, effective December 30th, 2025.

These Regulations amend the Procurement Act 2023 to incorporate the procurement obligations stemming from two international agreements: the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Kazakhstan and the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Iraq.

The amendments specify these treaties as 'specified international agreements' under Schedule 9 of the 2023 Act, granting treaty state suppliers reciprocal treatment under certain conditions, excluding procurements regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

Furthermore, the instrument modifies the 2024 Commencement and Saving Provisions Regulations to ensure consistency, allowing the procurement chapters of these new agreements to apply to procurements still governed by the retained 2015 and 2016 procurement legislation, with transitional rules protecting procurements already underway.

These Regulations brought into force specific sections of the Procurement Act 2023 on January 1st, 2026, and April 1st, 2026, detailing commencement provisions related to payments compliance and contract performance assessment, while making specific exceptions and definitions for procurements regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

These Regulations, made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, exercise powers under the Procurement Act 2023 to bring specified provisions of that Act into force across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland on set dates in 2026.

Specifically, sections concerning payments compliance notices (Section 69) and contract performance assessment (Section 71) come into force for most procurements on January 1st, 2026, while Section 69 (for Welsh-regulated procurements) and Section 70 (information about payments) commence on April 1st, 2026, with mechanisms defined to differentiate between procurements regulated by the UK government and those regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

The regulations amended the financial thresholds governing public contract award procedures in the Procurement Act 2023, introduced specific thresholds for contracts regulated by Welsh Ministers, and established transitional provisions for ongoing procurements.

These Regulations, issued by the Minister for the Cabinet Office with the consent of the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland, update specific financial threshold amounts within the Procurement Act 2023, effective from January 1, 2026.

The primary goal is to ensure the UK's public procurement rules, particularly those governed by the GPA, align with current international standards, while also correcting an inconsistency in below-threshold contract procedures and detailing specific threshold columns related to contracts regulated by the Welsh Ministers.