The Department for Business and Trade, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Office for Life Sciences have published the Life Sciences Sector Plan, outlining significant regulatory changes through to 2035. Key legal developments include a new MHRA framework for Medical Devices and AI by Summer 2026, reforms to the Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations, and a pre-market statutory instrument incorporating an International Reliance Framework by Autumn 2026. The plan introduces new governance structures including an NHS 'Innovator Passport' system and enhanced MHRA-NICE coordination. These reforms aim to position the UK as Europe's leading Life Sciences economy by 2030.

The Home Office, HM Treasury, Ministry of Justice, Companies House, Serious Fraud Office and Department for Business and Trade have updated guidance on information sharing measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023. The updated guidance, published on 3 October 2025, sets out provisions for anti-money laundering (AML) regulated firms to share customer information directly or indirectly through third-party intermediaries to prevent, detect and investigate economic crime. The guidance covers warning and request conditions for direct sharing, practical considerations including cross-sector sharing mechanisms, and requirements for law enforcement reporting, UK General Data Protection Regulation compliance and customer redress. The measures, which came into force on 15 January 2024, disapply confidentiality obligations and civil liability for AML regulated firms when sharing information for specified economic crime prevention purposes.

Law360: The government on 22 May 2024 shrugged off calls to draw up plans by the summer for a redress programme for millions of women who have been underpaid under state pension plans.

Law360: Millions of Britons could face retirement without sufficient savings, experts said on 16 December 2024, after the government appeared to delay its long-awaited review into pension adequacy.

Law360, London: Fraud Minister David Hanson announced at a summit on 26 March 2025 that work has started on an expanded fraud strategy, with a focus on combating scams enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Home Office.

Law360, London: The government launched a major review on 12 December 2024 of the criminal court system that could lead to a drastic reduction in numbers of jury trials to ease pressure on a system struggling with delays.

Law360: The government unveiled final plans on 24 April 2025 to tackle the growing number of small forgotten pension pots, in a move that could boost savings for workers and save the retirement industry hundreds of million of pounds.

Law360: Britain's state-backed flood reinsurance scheme warned on 4 September 2024 that a lack of transparency and consistency in the planning system around flood mitigation is threatening the insurance sector's ability to insure new properties against flooding risk.

Law360, London: Proposals by the UK government to bring pension assets within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) will result in 'numerous problems' and raise concerns in their current form, a trade body and consultants warned on 20 January 2025.

Law360: Proposals by the government to bring pension assets within the scope of inheritance tax will result in 'numerous problems' and raise concerns in their current form, a trade body and consultants warned on 20 January 2025.

Law360, London: Moves by the UK government to force the financial regulator to back economic growth with more relaxed regulatory controls could expose consumers to harm, leaving regulators with no clear idea of what risk levels would be politically tolerable.

Law360: The Labour government announced on 17 December 2024 that it will not compensate women affected by historical failures to inform them that their state retirement age had changed, in a move campaigners called an 'unprecedented political choice' set to have long-term repercussions.