GOV.UK ALERTS

Department for Business and Trade

• The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (22 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-equality-act-2010-amendment-regulations-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e2a5e3a9-c60a-4d7d-9745-7c06b0ea6d7c&utm_content=daily.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service

• Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/upper-tribunal-lands-chamber?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=406b6fb0-0f61-4615-abb6-073970f5c971&utm_content=daily.

HM Treasury

• The Digital Pound Taskforce and Forums (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/terms-of-central-bank-digital-currency-taskforce-terms-of-reference?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=49138cfe-f895-4f8a-907f-2a1d79af1904&utm_content=daily.

• The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses? (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-digital-pound-a-new-form-of-money-for-households-and-businesses?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3a593034-701a-4d8d-9f56-fbe44ea658a2&utm_content=daily.

• Communiqués from the Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communiques-from-the-finance-interministerial-standing-committee?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8bf779cf-a0c6-4e03-8d82-d21887654dc4&utm_content=daily.

Office for National Statistics

• Life expectancy for local areas of the UK: between 2001 to 2003 and 2020 to 2022 (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/life-expectancy-for-local-areas-of-the-uk-between-2001-to-2003-and-2020-to-2022--2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4cfd463a-1d98-498e-ab0d-d81315330566&utm_content=daily.

GOV.SCOT ALERTS

• Ensuring Adult Disability Payments meet people’s needs (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/news/ensuring-adult-disability-payments-meet-peoples-needs/.

• WhatsApp messages relating to council tax freeze: FOI review (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/whatsapp-messages-relating-to-council-tax-freeze-foi-review/.

• Money raised through nondomestic rates from wind farms and single turbines: EIR release (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/money-raised-through-nondomestic-rates-from-wind-farms-and-single-turbines-eir-release/.

• Communiqués from the Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communiques-from-the-finance-interministerial-standing-committee?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8bf779cf-a0c6-4e03-8d82-d21887654dc4&utm_content=daily.

• Supporting people in need (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/news/supporting-people-in-need/.

• Home heating support for employees: FOI release (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300389296/.

• Proposed changes to council tax calculations: FOI release (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300377074/.

• Continuing rent protection for private tenants (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/news/continuing-rent-protection-for-private-tenants/.

• Electoral reform Bill published (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/news/electoral-reform-bill-published/.

• Housing Affordability Working Group minutes: November 2023 (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-affordability-working-group-minutes-november-2023/.

• Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 - proposed extension of section 10: statement of reasons (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/proposed-extension-section-10-cost-living-tenant-protection-scotland-act-2022-statement-reasons/.

• Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 - section 31 - disqualification criteria for councillors: consultation analysis (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/section-31-updating-disqualification-criteria-councillors-consultation-analysis/.

• Winter Heating Payment: service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/service-level-agreement-between-secretary-state-work-pensions-scottish-ministers-respect-winter-heating-payment/.

• Penalty Charges for parking offences: FOI review (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300336580/.

• Tax sites under Green Freeports: FOI release (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/tax-sites-under-green-freeports-foi-release/.

• Social Security Scotland code of practice for investigations: FOI release (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-security-scotland-code-of-practice-for-investigations-foi-release/.

• Council Tax Reduction: local authority tables and charts - April 2013 to November 2023 (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/council-tax-reduction-local-authority-tables-and-charts/.

• Social Security Scotland staff who hold social work registration: FOI release (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300385924/.

• Social Security Scotland outstanding change of circumstance reviews: FOI release (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-security-scotland-outstanding-change-of-circumstance-reviews-foi-release/.

• Adult disability payment claims: FOI release (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/adult-disability-payment-claims-foi-release/.

• Social Security Scotland fraud allegation statistics: FOI release (22 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300384042/.

GOV.WALES ALERTS

• Communiqués from the Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communiques-from-the-finance-interministerial-standing-committee?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8bf779cf-a0c6-4e03-8d82-d21887654dc4&utm_content=daily.

• Written Statement: Outcome of the third Interministerial Group meeting for Housing, Communities & Local Government (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-outcome-third-interministerial-group-meeting-housing-communities-local-government.

• Oral Statement: Tackling the impact of poverty on attainment (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/oral-statement-tackling-impact-poverty-attainment-0.

• Oral Statement: The Child Poverty Strategy for Wales (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/oral-statement-child-poverty-strategy-wales.

• Written Statement: The Welsh Government’s response to the Report by the Wales Expert Group on the Cost-of-Living Crisis (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-welsh-governments-response-report-wales-expert-group-cost-living-crisis.

• “Tackling child poverty is at the heart of everything we do,” vows Minister (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/tackling-child-poverty-heart-everything-we-do-vows-minister.

• Written Statement: Launch of the Welsh Benefits Charter (23 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-launch-welsh-benefits-charter.

NORTHERN IRELAND

• Designation of polling districts at parliamentary elections - Northern Ireland, January 2024 (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designation-of-polling-districts-at-parliamentary-elections-northern-ireland-january-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cc48667d-44bf-4462-b9ea-b8bc468acc54&utm_content=daily.

• Communiqués from the Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communiques-from-the-finance-interministerial-standing-committee?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8bf779cf-a0c6-4e03-8d82-d21887654dc4&utm_content=daily.