The Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 modify existing social security regulations concerning Invalid Care Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) care component, and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) daily living component for individuals residing in an EEA State or Switzerland.

These Regulations allow individuals who were in receipt of the relevant benefit provision under an applicable EU Regulation on December 31, 2020, to continue receiving those specific entitlements, provided they have maintained continuous receipt since that date and have not subsequently been habitually resident in the UK.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the Charities Act 2022 to bring specific provisions of the Act into force across England and Wales on 27th November 2025.

This commencement primarily enacts technical improvements to charity law concerning the power of charity trustees to make small ex gratia payments without seeking prior authorization if conditions are met, and codifies the existing authorization powers held by the Charity Commission and the courts.

The Regulations also list specific property belonging to designated national museums and galleries that remains subject to existing prohibitions, preventing immediate commencement of the new rules for those assets, and include provisions to save the prior procedures for applications already submitted before the new rules take effect.

The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 amend the 2017 Regulations to implement new restrictions on mercury, focusing specifically on dental amalgam within Northern Ireland as required by the 2024 EU amendment regulation concerning mercury.

These changes update customs enforcement powers regarding import and export prohibitions and clarify temporary exemptions for existing use and import of dental amalgam by registered dental professionals in Northern Ireland until the end of 2034, while also adding corresponding reporting duties.

This Order, made by the King in Council under powers granted by the Government of Wales Act 2006, officially names itself the Welsh Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2025 and revokes the previous 2020 Order, although the 2020 Order remains effective for any Senedd election polling before April 6, 2026.

The primary function of the 2025 Order is to designate specific public offices listed in the Schedule whose holders are disqualified from being elected or remaining as a Member of the Senedd (MS), with the disqualification commencing its full effect for elections held on or after April 6, 2026.

This Order, made by the Secretary of State under the powers conferred by the Traffic Management Act 2004, serves to amend existing regulations concerning parking contraventions in East Sussex, specifically expanding the designated areas within Hastings and Lewes.

Furthermore, it designates parts of Cambridgeshire County Council's area for bus lane contravention enforcement and designates specific parts of the areas governed by Brighton and Hove City Council, Calderdale, Cornwall Council, Dorset Council, Kirklees Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Milton Keynes City Council, and Slough Borough Council as civil enforcement areas for moving traffic contraventions, effective from December 9th, 2025.

This Order amends Section 260 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, changing the criteria under which foreign national offenders serving a determinate sentence in England and Wales can be removed from prison for deportation purposes.

Specifically, it revises the minimum custodial period that must be served before removal and the maximum period permitted prior to the automatic release date, modifying the threshold percentage from one half to 30% and the time period from 545 days to 4 years.

This Order, issued by His Majesty in Council on November 12, 2025, formally appoints the individuals listed in the Schedule as His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, effective from November 13, 2025, exercising powers conferred under section 114(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the powers in the Energy Act 2023, specify that provisions of that Act will commence on 2nd December 2025; specifically, Regulation 2 brings into force the remaining parts of Section 304, which amends the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 to establish a pathway for excluding specific installations used for disposing of nuclear matter from the existing nuclear third party liability regime.