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Modern slavery | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Immigration and Asylum Bill: amendments proposed to modern slavery supply chain reporting
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Health and safety | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill introduced to Parliament | HSE launches campaign on workplace noise and vibration
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Food law | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

UK updates: UK and EU set for a second summit in November to finalise food deal | FSA consults on
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Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Fintech updates: FCA research on open finance infrastructure | Digital assets updates: FCA policy statement on cryptoasset perimeter guidance
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Environmental, social and governance | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

UK updates: HMRC publishes UK CBAM default values and illustrative rate methodology | EU updates: European Parliament and Council diverge
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Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

UK updates: Defra publishes statutory guidance on environmental delivery plans and the overall improvement test | Planning Inspectorate finds BNG
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Employment, contingent workforce and immigration | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Employment updates: Government updates Employment Rights Act implementation plans | Whistleblowing: government consults on wider protections, possible employer duties and
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Digital regulation | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Online safety and age assurance updates: European Commission opens call for feedback on EU KIDS ACT | Science and Technology
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Data law | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

UK updates: ICO sets out approach to foundation models and launches call for evidence on agentic AI | ICO publishes
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Cyber security | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Government announces plans to use frontier AI to strengthen cyber defences | NCSC publishes guidance on disruptive cyber attacks |
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Consumer law | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

Subscription contracts: government issues guidance and CMA signals its compliance approach | CMA fines three firms for misleading sales tactics
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Competition | UK Regulatory Outlook October 2026

EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement | Recovering competition damages from directors in the EU | Updated CMA guidance on whistleblowing and