The Home Office has published eight factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023). The overarching factsheet has highlighted some of the reforms introduced by the ECCTA 2023, including reforms to Companies House, reforms to prevent the abuse of limited partnerships, additional powers to seize and recover suspected criminal cryptoassets, reforms to give businesses more confidence to share information in order to tackle money laundering and other economic crime, and new intelligence gathering powers for law enforcement and removal of nugatory burdens on business. The factsheet has also highlighted additional measures to strengthen ECCTA 2023 during passage, including a failure to prevent fraud offence and amendments to tackle Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

The Home Office has published the Economic Crime Survey 2024 presenting findings from a national survey of UK businesses on their experiences with economic crime, including fraud, corruption, money laundering and breaches of financial sanctions. It has also published the Economic Crime Survey 2024: Technical report, which details the study’s methodology and the Economic Crime Survey 2024: Research materials, which comprise the survey instruments used.

The Home Office has now published the equality impact assessment (EIA) for the changes to the minimum income requirement (MIR) policy for family applications introduced in April 2024 by the previous Conservative government (27 September 2024). The updated EIA is stated to include additional information sources and to address changes to the Immigration Rules in March 2024, and appears to have been updated around that time (under the previous administration). The EIA concludes that there could be negative discriminatory impacts, but the policy is Equality Act 2010 compliant. It is particularly interesting as it highlights the way in which the policy behind the MIR has changed from its post-2012 incarnation.

The Home Office has published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK government and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to strengthen cooperation against international fraud. The MoU establishes frameworks for: (1) information sharing; (2) law enforcement collaboration; (3) policy exchange and (4) community awareness campaigns. Additional provisions include support for engagements with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and participation in the Global Fraud Summit.

The Home Office has published an ad hoc statistical release on National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals made prior to arranged returns from the UK in 2025. The NRM is the UK’s framework for identifying and supporting potential victims of modern slavery. The release provides provisional operational management information on individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK whose return was being arranged via charter flight. It shows that 34% (434) of arranged returns that failed to go ahead involved an NRM referral after the return had been arranged, compared with 38% (207) over the same period in 2024. Among cases involving NRM referrals ahead of charter flights with an NRM out-of-hours decision-making service, 76% (180) were raised between 3 pm on the day before the planned removal and 6 am on the day of removal. Of all referrals in this category, 15% (36) were raised after 11 pm. The Home Office said publication of the data supports the forthcoming Immigration and Asylum Bill and is intended to provide statistics in an area of public interest.

The Home Office has published cross-government guidance, developed jointly with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care, for local authorities in England on supporting migrants subject to a No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition. The guidance explains how immigration status affects access to benefits and services, how councils can verify immigration status and when an NRPF condition may be lifted. People with NRPF are generally unable to access specified welfare benefits, social housing and homelessness assistance, although contributory benefits, statutory payments and some other services are not classed as public funds.

The Home Office has published a process evaluation report of the Serious Violence Duty, a statutory requirement introduced in 2022 to prevent and reduce serious violence across England and Wales. The duty requires local authorities, police, and other public sector bodies such as youth justice services to work in partnership to tackle serious violence. The evaluation examines how partnership working was achieved and sustained, and reports areas' assessments of the outcomes of the Serious Violence Duty. The report provides recommendations to support the further development of multi-agency approaches to serious violence prevention.

The Home Office has announced the government’s new 22 point action plan, which will disrupt money mule activity and support exploited victims. The plan will introduce the newly funded post, Financial Exploitation Lead, at the Children’s Society to raise awareness of child financial exploitation, focusing on identifying complicit mules through sharing of intelligence. The aim is to bring together cross-sector innovations, initiatives from the financial sector to identify mule networks, law enforcement to target criminals and making social media systems harder to use by criminals.

The Home Office has published its annual asset recovery statistics for financial years 2020–25 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002), detailing performance across criminal confiscation, civil forfeiture and compensation to victims through POCA powers, across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Home Office has published Circular 006/2025 to clarify the use of disclosure orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002). The circular provides guidance for law enforcement agencies, courts and other stakeholders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the powers available to appropriate officers—typically accredited financial investigators—to compel individuals or entities to provide information or documents relevant to financial crime investigations. It outlines the legal thresholds for obtaining a disclosure order, including reasonable grounds for suspicion, the value of the information to the investigation and public interest considerations. The circular also explains how disclosure orders differ from production orders, noting that they grant continuing powers throughout the life of an investigation and must be assessed for proportionality. Further guidance is available in the Code of Practice under section 377 of POCA 2002, the Criminal Procedure Rules and the application form for disclosure orders.

The Home Office has published its response to the consultation on proposed amendments to the Police Pensions Regulations 2015, SI 2015/445, concerning updates to the member contribution structure of the reformed 2015 Police Pension Scheme in England and Wales. The consultation sought views on how the contribution tiers should be adjusted to meet the target member contribution yield and to ensure the structure remains practical for administrators and scheme members. The revised contribution structure is scheduled to take effect from 1 April 2026.

The Home Office has published a report following research on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown on crime demand and charge volumes in England and Wales. The report analyses the changes in April 2020 and March 2021. The report highlights that short-term falls in crime workload correlated to an increase in charge volumes for various offences. The Home Office attributes this finding to diverted resources to clearing backlogs and greater proactive policing. The report also highlighted that some offences like shoplifting reduced in recorded crimes and consequently, fall in volumes of charges.