LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The government has taken further steps to improve the building safety system, announcing the appointment of an independent Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser as the Building Safety Levy comes into force. Sergio Cavalaro, Professor of Infrastructure Systems at Loughborough University's School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, has been appointed as the Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Families moving into new affordable homes at Seaham Garden Village are now benefiting from clean, secure and reasonably priced heating, powered by water from abandoned coal mines beneath their feet. A new energy centre that will supply around 750 homes with low-carbon heat extracted from naturally warm mine water at the Mining Remediation Authority's Dawdon treatment scheme recently went live and has now successf...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A reappointment has been made to the Board of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). Iain Coucher has been reappointed as Chair for a second term, commencing on 1 October 2026. The appointment will run until the new integrated water regulator is established, and no later than 30 June 2029. More widely, this government is bringing tougher regulation, stronger enforcement, greater public control and acco...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The government has today,6 October 2026, confirmed it will accept all 44 recommendations made by the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare, published 10 September, and has set out how they will be delivered across the UK. Alongside the response, the MHRA is opening the call for applications for the third phase of AI Airlock, its regulatory sandbox for AI-enabled medical devices, with testing ...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The construction of Natural England's new Beach School and Work Base at Earnse Bay has begun, marking a major milestone in the creation of a new coastal community hub for Barrow-in-Furness. Contractors Integra Buildings arrived on site this week (5 October) to begin groundworks for the facility. The building will serve as a headquarters for the management of North Walney National Nature Reserve. It will also act ...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government appoints six firms as Joint Lead Managers for the pilot issuance of DIGIT, the UK's first digitally native government bond. * Announced in City minister's keynote speech at Digital Assets Week, the appointments completes the procurement process and will allow investor engagement to begin. * The Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) is part of the government's wider work to digitalise financial markets, stre...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Social housing landlords in England are planning to invest record amounts in repairs while also building new homes, according to the 2026 financial forecasts of private registered providers. The data, published by the Regulator of Social Housing today (6 October 2026), indicates some anticipated stabilisation of the sector's financial position, though also showed landlords were facing significant financial pressu...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UKHSA has appointed Dr Gail Carson as its new Chief Medical Advisor. Dr Carson has had a distinguished and wide-ranging career working with WHO on diseases including Ebola, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, H1N1, SARS and H5N1. She is currently Director of Network Development for the international clinical research network (ISARIC) at the University of Oxford, which she helped establish in 2011. ISARIC is a glob...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of the Honourable Mrs Justice Morgan DBE as a Judicial Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for 3 years commencing 1 October 2026. The JAC is an independent body that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals with a UK-wide jurisdiction. JAC Commissioners are appointed, under ...
LONDON, Oct. 6 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: British Embassy Warsaw invites you to attend Commonwealth services of remembrance at war cemeteries and memorials across Poland. These services honour all those from the Commonwealth of Nations who gave their lives at sea, on land and in the air during the First and Second World Wars. We also pay tribute to the courageous members of the Polish armed forces who fought and died defending their homeland and serving...