The Order specified the higher and lower revaluation percentages for defined benefits under the final salary method for occupational pension schemes for revaluation periods concluded by 31st December 2025.

The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2025, made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, establishes the specific higher and lower revaluation percentages applicable to occupational pension schemes that revalue accrued benefits using the final salary method, covering revaluation periods from 1st January 1986 up to and including 31st December 2025, and applies to England, Wales, and Scotland starting 1st January 2026.

The regulations amended prior 2023 and 2024 Sentencing Act procedural regulations to extend the qualification period for special procedures for community and suspended sentence orders until March 31, 2029, for orders made in England and Wales.

These Regulations, made under powers in the Sentencing Act 2020, amend previous regulations from 2023 and 2024 concerning special procedures applied to community orders and suspended sentence orders.

Specifically, the amendment extends the qualification period for these special procedures for both sets of previous regulations until March 31, 2029, ensuring that specified cases continue to receive this treatment if the relevant order is made by that date.

The Regulations mandated amendments to existing reporting rules, established substantive new disclosures on supplier payment performance for large companies, and set a periodic review schedule for these new requirements.

These Regulations, made under powers provided by the Companies Act 2006, amend the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 to introduce new requirements for large companies to report specific details regarding their B2B payment practices and performance within their Directors’ Reports, effective for financial years starting on or after January 1, 2026.

The regulations amended the 2014 rules to increase the standard early conciliation period conducted by ACAS from six to twelve weeks, effective December 1, 2025.

The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, made under powers in the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, amend existing 2014 Regulations to increase the standard period for early conciliation handled by ACAS from six weeks to twelve weeks.

These Regulations apply to England, Wales, and Scotland, come into force on December 1, 2025, and include transitional provisions ensuring the new twelve-week period applies to claims initiated on or after that date.

The legislation amended retained EU aviation safety law by updating rules on continuing airworthiness, maintenance organization requirements, and licensing examination timelines.

The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025 enact changes to UK retained EU aviation safety legislation, primarily by amending Commission Regulations (EU) No 1321/2014 and 2018/1139.

These amendments focus on correcting cross-references and terminology within continuing airworthiness (Part-M), maintenance standards (Part-145), and maintenance licensing (Part-66 Appendix 8).

Key changes include updating rules for maintenance data access, refining conditions for acceptable component release documentation (like substituting Form 1 with a 'declaration of maintenance accomplished'), clarifying record-keeping mandates for maintenance organisations, and adjusting rules for re-taking Category L aircraft maintenance licence examinations.

The Order appointed dates for ending entitlement to Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, the income-related allowance element of old style Employment and Support Allowance, and provided a mechanism for abolishing Housing Benefit for specific working-age claimants leaving temporary accommodation.

This Order, made under the Welfare Reform Act 2012, sets out the final appointed dates for bringing into force provisions that abolish several legacy benefits, including Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, and the income-related elements of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), as claimants transition to Universal Credit (UC).

Key dates include December 1, 2025, for converting certain 'old style ESA' awards, and April 1, 2026, for the general abolition of Income Support and income-based JSA for remaining cases.

The Order also addresses the cessation of Housing Benefit for working-age claimants moving out of temporary or specified accommodation after November 14, 2025, and allows temporary administrative delay in preparing claimant commitments for converted ESA cases.

The Regulations specified the public bodies now recognized as 'qualifying competent authorities' permitted to engage in joint, national security-related personal data processing with UK intelligence services under the Data Protection Act 2018.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), specify which public bodies qualify as 'qualifying competent authorities' to engage in joint processing of personal data with intelligence services under Part 4 of the DPA, a power enabled by the Data (Use and Access) Act to assist in safeguarding national security; the instrument lists various government departments, police forces, customs, and judicial/monitoring bodies as qualifying authorities, citing consultation with the Information Commissioner and Parliamentary approval, and stipulates that the regulations come into force twenty-one days after being made and extend across the UK.

The Lord Chancellor enacted the Order, which amends fees for non-contentious probate documents, increases fees for Public Guardian applications, and introduces fee exemptions for certain insolvency disclosures and prisoner parole referrals.

The Court and Public Guardian Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 amends several existing statutory instruments concerning court and public guardian fees.

This Order introduces an exemption from probate fees for estates involving emergency service personnel or armed forces personnel eligible for inheritance tax reliefs, and revises the fee for obtaining copies of specific probate documents.

Furthermore, it increases fees charged by the Public Guardian for registering Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and implements new fee exemptions for civil proceedings related to insolvency protective orders and judicial referrals concerning the parole decisions for prisoners.