The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) has published final amendments to multiple sections of Part I of its guidance, including revisions to paragraphs 5.3.138A,B; 5.3.97A and 5.3.99; 5.6.36-5.6.38; and 2.16-2.24. The amendments have been submitted to HM Treasury for Ministerial approval and are accessible via the ‘Revisions’ tab on the JMLSG website.

HM Treasury has approved updates to the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) Guidance. The approved changes affect the following paragraphs of Part 1: 5.3.97A, 5.3.99, 5.3.138A, 5.3.138B, 5.6.36-5.6.38 and 2.16-2.24.

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has published the new UK biodiversity framework on behalf of the Four Countries’ Biodiversity Group. The framework has been developed in response to the ‘Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’ and sets out shared objectives for co-operation and collaboration across the four countries of the UK.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a report assessing various product categories for potential regulation under the new EU Regulation 2024/1781 (the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)). The JRC has identified 18 product groups, including both final and intermediate products, which show significant potential for reducing environmental impacts and enhancing EU strategic autonomy if regulated under the ESPR. The findings will inform the Commission's first ESPR Working Plan, due for adoption in the first half of 2025. The report also highlights the potential of horizontal requirements on durability, recyclability, and recycled content across multiple product groups.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched the PRO-MaP (Promoting Reusable and Open Methods and Protocols) initiative to harmonise a broad cross-section of the life science community and enhance the methodological reporting and transparency in scientific publications to improve health results and boost innovation. The JRC has also released a report where it provides recommendations to key stakeholders, funders, researchers highlighting actions that they can take to achieve PRO-MaP objectives.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has introduced a new EU Food System Monitoring Dashboard to assess the sustainability of food production, processing, distribution, and consumption across the European Union. The tool incorporates over 300 screened indicators, with 44 headline indicators included in its initial release. The JRC's dashboard aims to provide comprehensive insights into environmental, social, and economic aspects of the EU food system, while also highlighting significant data gaps, particularly in food processing, distribution, and consumption sectors. This initiative supports tracking progress towards sustainable development goals and key EU policy priorities outlined in the European Green Deal.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published three interlocking studies on bioinformatics quality controls for genomic surveillance, with implications for emerging regulatory frameworks. The JRC said the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that rapid genomic sequencing often prioritised speed over consistency, increasing the risk of inaccurate results that could affect diagnostics, epidemiological modelling and vaccine development. It identified two main priorities for reliable surveillance: maintaining the integrity of raw sequencing data and systematically benchmarking bioinformatics tools to ensure accurate analysis. The studies covered the development of PathoSeq-QC, a workflow designed to improve transparency, reproducibility and validation of genomic analyses; an investigation with Slovenian laboratories showing that apparent SARS-CoV-2 mutations were artefacts caused by bioinformatics pipeline errors; and a benchmarking study assessing four tools used to detect SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNAs using synthetic and real-world datasets. The JRC said the studies together establish a quality assurance framework for genomic surveillance and support wider adoption of decision-support workflows, cross-validation mechanisms and standardised benchmarking datasets. It also noted that organisations including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the World Health Organization are increasingly integrating omics technologies into regulatory and surveillance systems, increasing the importance of robust quality controls to avoid misleading public health conclusions.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a report titled 'Role of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research - A Science for Policy, European Perspective', providing a detailed analysis of AI use in scientific processes and the broader landscape of AI in science. The report accompanies the European Commission's strategy, 'A European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science: Paving the way for the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE)'. The JRC will lead the future AI Evaluation Hub, as announced in the AI in Science Strategy, to monitor and evaluate AI models and systems in strategic scientific fields. The report highlights that until 2024, two in five global AI players had engaged in at least one research and innovation activity, such as filing an AI patent or publishing a scientific article on the topic. Among these, the EU holds the largest share of AI research players at 13%, compared to 4% for the US and 1% for China. The report emphasises that investment in high-performance computing, AI factories (ecosystems that foster innovation and collaboration) and open scientific data repositories is crucial to securing the EU's position as a global leader in AI research. A key way AI is transforming scientific research is through the use of AI tools to analyse proteins more efficiently in life-science research, an application that has proven particularly successful in accelerating drug discovery. Finally, the JRC report provides comprehensive insights into how AI is advancing scientific research and identifies the most effective ways to direct policy and funding to support its development.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published comprehensive research examining algorithmic management in workplaces, building on its previous work on the digitisation of work and digital labour platforms. The JRC defines algorithmic management as computer-programmed procedures used to coordinate labour input in organisations, which may or may not be driven by artificial intelligence. This technology automates traditional management functions, such as planning, staffing, command, coordination, and control. The research identifies three key implications: (1) the changing organisation of work affects pace, communication, and rewards; (2) the shift in industrial relations encourages outsourcing and (3) the creation of information asymmetries weakens workers' bargaining power.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) released six scientific studies on 14 October 2025 to inform the implementation of the EU AI Act's obligations for general-purpose AI (GPAI) model providers. Developed in collaboration with the Commission's AI Office, these studies offer methodologies for identifying, classifying, and assessing GPAI models and their systemic risks. The research, conducted by worldwide experts between September 2024 and June 2025, has directly informed recently published Commission guidelines on GPAI provider obligations. These guidelines came into effect in August 2025 under Chapter V of the AI Act, which entered into force on 1 August 2024.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has released a report confirming Europe's strong position in scientific research on emerging technologies, such as AI and biotechnology. However, the report notes that the United States and China lead in patenting and scientific knowledge production. To maintain competitiveness, Europe must address patenting gaps and invest strategically in its R&D landscape.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published research showing that 81% of low-income families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) went without essentials in 2024, with 48% experiencing hunger. The briefing, based on surveys of 304 NRPF families, found 77% of families spent over 30% of income on housing and 62% were in arrears.