Restricted postgraduate student loan eligibility to specific types of franchised providers and established a 300-student limit for unregistered teaching institutions.

This instrument amends the regulatory framework for postgraduate Master’s and Doctoral loans in England to restrict which franchised courses qualify for government student support.

It directs that courses starting on or after 1 September 2028 are only designated for finance if the teaching provider is either registered with the Office for Students (OfS), is a specific exempt public body, or is an unregistered "below-threshold" provider with fewer than 300 students.

The regulations apply to higher education providers in England and the Secretary of State, establishing a system for determining student populations, issuing status notices, and managing appeals.

Revoked the 2023 development consent for the A47 Wansford to Sutton infrastructure project.

This Order revokes the development consent previously granted for the A47 Wansford to Sutton road project.

It exercises the Secretary of State's power under the Planning Act 2008 to cancel an existing Development Consent Order (DCO) without an external application.

The revocation applies to all powers and authorizations originally provided to the project promoters under the 2023 Order.

The Regulations established the mandatory contents, format, and timing requirements for a lawyer's declaration confirming reliance on legally privileged communications to support objections against HMRC's publication of tax avoidance scheme information.

These Regulations, made by the Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs under the Finance Act 2026, specify the precise procedural requirements that a lawyer must satisfy when submitting a declaration to HMRC. This declaration confirms that legally privileged communications would substantiate representations made by the lawyer objecting to HMRC publishing information about a tax avoidance scheme involving the lawyer or their client, ensuring such declarations meet specific formatting, content, and timing criteria to remain valid.

The Secretary of State imposed temporary restrictions on unmanned aircraft flying below 1,400 feet within a 0.8 nautical mile radius of the Coventry Arena between specified hours on June 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2026.

These Regulations establish temporary flight restrictions for unmanned aircraft near the Coventry Arena between June 4th and June 6th, 2026, as deemed necessary by the Secretary of State for public safety reasons concerning a large planned gathering; the restrictions prohibit flying below 1,400 feet above mean sea level within a 0.8 nautical mile radius of the Arena during specified hours unless explicit permission is granted by the West Midlands Police Drone Team.

These Regulations amended the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005 by simplifying hazard scoring, redefining fire hazards, replacing the A-J band structure with High, Medium, and Low bands, renaming the classes of harm, and updating the specified hazard conditions within Schedule 1.

These Regulations, made under the Housing Act 2004, amend the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005 to simplify and clarify the methodology used by local authorities to assess housing hazards and determine if they constitute a Category 1 or Category 2 hazard.

Key changes involve redefining prescribed fire hazards to explicitly cover risks like explosions and structural collapse due to fire, simplifying the hazard seriousness scoring tables, replacing the previous A-J hazard bands with High, Medium, and Low categories, renaming the four classes of harm (I to IV become Extreme to Moderate), and updating the detailed list of specific hazards found in Schedule 1, while providing a transitional rule ensuring the amendments only apply to inspections commenced on or after June 22nd, 2026.

The regulations defined the procedure for resolving disputes about whether information requested under an anti-avoidance notice in the Finance Act 2026 is privileged, including referral to the tribunal.

These Regulations, enacted under the Finance Act 2026, establish the specific procedural steps for resolving disputes between His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and a recipient regarding whether information requested via an anti-avoidance information notice qualifies as 'privileged information'.

The procedure requires the recipient to serve a list of disputed items to HMRC, and if the disagreement persists, apply to the relevant tribunal within 20 working days for a final determination, treating the recipient as compliant on the disputed items until the tribunal decides or an agreement is reached.

Amended insolvency procedures by removing fax filing, increasing London bankruptcy petition limits, and updating judicial terminology.

These Rules amend the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 to modernize court procedures and administrative requirements for corporate and personal insolvency.

The instrument removes fax as a permitted method of document delivery, simplifies electronic filing requirements to a single copy, and replaces the term 'registrar' with 'judge' across various procedural categories.

It also increases the financial threshold for presenting bankruptcy petitions in the London Insolvency District from £50,000 to £500,000 and clarifies the approval process for insolvency practitioners seeking to exceed their original fee estimates.

These changes apply to insolvency practitioners, the courts, the Insolvency Service, and parties involved in insolvency proceedings in England and Wales.

A formal correction was issued in May 2026 for the 2026 Regulations concerning fees for registration of births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships in England and Wales, adding a regulation note and correcting a row reference in the Schedule.

This document, identified as a Statutory Instrument Correction from May 2026, amends The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 for England and Wales.

The correction specifically mandates the insertion of a shoulder note identifying 'Regulation 5' on page 3 of the Schedule and corrects a typographical error where 'row 1' must now read 'row 11' in paragraph 1(12) of that Schedule.