The Public Law Project (PLP) has published a report, ‘Cultural, Linguistic and Procedural Barriers to Access to Justice in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals – Report 1: Language, Evidence and Procedure’, which examines how language barriers, cultural misunderstandings and procedural obstacles affect access to justice in immigration and asylum tribunal hearings. It states that effective participation requires more than a right to a hearing as applicants must be able to understand proceedings, communicate their experiences, present evidence and participate meaningfully in decisions which may profoundly affect their lives.

The Public Law Project (PLP) has published a Nuffield Foundation-funded report on artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making by public bodies. It found that people are often not told when automated tools inform decisions, only 4 of 15 identified systems appeared on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) and 1 of 125 ATRS entries linked to an Equality Impact Assessment. PLP recommends putting the ATRS on a statutory footing and introducing enforceable notification and information rights.

The Public Law Project (PLP) has published two reports finding that demand for immigration and asylum legal aid exceeds available provider capacity, leaving some financially eligible people unable to secure representation. The reports examine how the Immigration Contract’s payment and eligibility rules may influence the distribution of limited legal aid. They argue that the rules can make certain matters more commercially attractive for providers to accept, although the analysis does not seek to show how individual providers behave or assume that they are solely profit-driven.

Publishers Licensing Services (PLS) has launched the first stage of a collective licensing initiative that enables publishers to opt into a scheme permitting artificial intelligence (AI) companies to legally access published works for training and fine-tuning AI models. Developed in collaboration with the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), the voluntary scheme establishes a content repository where publishers can license material to AI developers for a fee.

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Law360: The estimated cost for a minimum standard of living in retirement has fallen for both one-and two-person households, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) announced on 3 June 2025 in its latest Retirement Living Standards (RLS) update, driven largely by a 'substantial reduction' in UK energy costs.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have issued a report encouraging the government to boost growth in the UK economy through greater investment in pensions. The report encourages the government to consider ensuring better adequacy in defined contribution (DC) pensions and having a bigger pool of investable capital, improving regulations so they work better for investments and savers, increasing investment opportunities, and continuing to focus on consolidation.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), along with major UK pension funds that collectively manage over £400 billion in assets, have expressed strong support for the government's Mansion House reforms in an open letter to the Chancellor. The open letter highlights the industry's perspective that the pension review and the Mansion House reforms aim to boost economic growth, encourage consolidation, and enhance outcomes for savers. Key areas of focus include increasing pension investment in UK assets, achieving economies of scale through consolidation, advancing governance in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and addressing pension adequacy in the forthcoming second part of the pensions review. The industry also emphasised the importance of climate leadership and ESG initiatives as complementary to the growth agenda. This collaborative approach between the pensions sector and the government seeks to secure better outcomes for savers while supporting long-term economic growth and maintaining global competitiveness.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), in conjunction with the Association of British Insurers (ABI), and the City of London Corporation, has announced the Mansion House Accord, a voluntary initiative signed by 17 major UK workplace pension providers. Under the Accord, signatories have committed to investing at least 10% of their defined contribution (DC) default funds in private markets by 2030, with 5% specifically allocated to UK investments. The agreement covers pension assets currently valued at £252bn and builds on the 2023 Mansion House Compact, while maintaining separate objectives. Key signatories include: Aegon UK, Aviva, Legal & General, Nest, the Phoenix Group, and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, among others. Implementation of the commitments depends on government and regulatory support and remains subject to fiduciary and Consumer Duty obligations.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced its 2025 policy work programme focusing on adequacy, consolidation and investment reforms for the UK's £2trn pension system. The programme, reviewed by PLSA's Policy Board, aims to influence the upcoming Pension Schemes Bill and two-part Pensions Review. Key priorities include developing auto-enrolment, accelerating pension fund consolidation across defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) sectors, and establishing frameworks for productive finance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has welcomed the new government's announcement of its plans to establish a National Wealth Fund to increase investment in the UK. Nigel Peaple, director of policy and advocacy at the PLSA has said that it supports the government's decisive action to 'improve the pipeline of investible assets available to pension funds' and looks forward to working in collaboration with the government to help develop solutions that work for savers, pension funds and the economy at large.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published its response to the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) consultation on its proposed levy rules for 2025/26 and its plans to maintain the levy at £100m. In its response, the PLSA calls for the levy for 2025/26 to be significantly reduced or cut to zero on the basis that 80% of defined benefit (DB) schemes are in surplus and the level of aggregate surplus is high, the declining numbers of claims, and the ‘healthy’ financial situation of the PPF (with reserves of over £12bn as at 31 March 2023).