LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has today (18 December 2025) accepted the Trade Remedies Authority's final recommendation to maintain an anti-dumping measure on aluminium foil in rolls from China. The TRA opened a transition review into the anti-dumping measure on 20 May 2024 to assess whether the measure was still needed to ensure UK producers were able to compete fairly. Aluminium foil in rolls ...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Of the 16,990relevant buildings reported,1,867were identified as having a life-critical fire safety (LCFS) defect relating to the external wall system (EWS). Over 99.9% of all relevant reported buildings have had a fire risk assessment carried out. 1,338relevant buildings (71.7%) are expected to be remediated within the next five years. Of the2,641buildings identified as having LCFS defects since June 2017, 932...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Backlog of people waiting to have Work Capability Assessment to be tackled as part of a package of measures to deliver £1.9 billion of savings in the UK by the end of 2030/31. * Face-to-face assessments set to increase as Government frees up capacity of health assessors to tackle inherited backlog. * Changes come alongside rebalancing of Universal Credit in April next year and employment support for sick o...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has delivered a UK-first nuclear safety milestone, by safely processing a can of plutonium residue into a stable waste form for the very first time. This breakthrough marks a significant step toward permanently disposing of the nation's plutonium legacy and demonstrates the UK's leadership in tackling this complex nuclear challenge. The achievement marks th...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Mujeebullah Khan fraudulently obtained a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan for a Nottingham city centre chicken shop he had sold in 2019 * Khan only repaid the loan in full shortly before he was sentenced * The 38-year-old, who is currently under bankruptcy restrictions, was jailed when he appeared in court this week The former manager of a Nottingham city centre chicken shop has been jailed after securing £5...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Jennifer Helen Adams-Massmann, Chaplain and Welfare Officer at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, to be appointed as Residentiary Canon of Westminster Abbey, in succession to The Right Reverend Anthony James Ball, following his resignation. Background Jennifer was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. and traine...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Patients with severe mentalillness are to be better protected thanks to landmark new legislation. The new MentalHealthAct has received RoyalAssent, meaning it is now law, delivering on a key manifesto commitment. Itwill reform the outdated MentalHealthAct of 1983, which provides the legal framework to detain and treat people in a mentalhealthcrisis who are at risk of harm to themselves or others. The modernise...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: From 15 December 2025, all civil legal aid applications, amendments, and prior authorities must be submitted via CCMS or Civil Apply. The previous contingency process, which allowed email submissions, ended on 12 December 2025. A summary of the changes effective from Monday 15 December 2025: * The LAA has stopped accepting Applications/Amendments and Prior Authorities or any other associated tasks by email fr...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The next generation of girls will bebetterprotected from violence and young boys steered away from harmful misogynistic influences, undersweeping new measures announced by the Prime Minister. The plans unveiled today will focus on prevention and tackling the root causes of abuse, and come as the latest stats show that nearly 40%of teenagers in relationships are a victim of relationship abuse and over...
LONDON, Dec. 18 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: For the first time, the UK has set out a clear, evidence-based view of the capabilities of the most advanced AI systems - putting hard numbers behind a discussion often driven by speculation and a lack of rigorous evidence. The AI Security Institute's Frontier AI Trends Report, a public assessment of how the most advanced AI systems are evolving, draws on 2 years of testing AI capabilities in areas critical to i...