The Scottish Parliament has passed technical changes to the short-term lets licensing scheme.
The Licensing was introduced in 2022 to provide assurance to guests on safety and quality, for example of gas and electrical safety compliance and the suitability of hosts.

The Scottish Government has passed the Circular Economy Bill, giving ministers and local authorities tools to increase reuse and recycling rates.

Government action is needed to end the institutionalisation of disabled people, activists have urged.

Think tank and charity Green Alliance is urging the next government to develop a new three-stage UK resource plan. 

The Instisute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has examined the Labour party's promise to introduce free breakfast clubs in all primary schools in England.
Around 12 per cent of state schools in England already offer a taxpayer-subsidised breakfast club through the National School Breakfast Club Programme (NSBP), but Labour’s proposal would expand breakfast clubs to all primary schools in England, continue existing provision for low-income pupils via the NSBP (which is set to run out in July 2025) and increase the generosity of the funding.

A think tank has emphasised the need for an incident reporting system to log artificial intelligence (AI) misuse or malfunctions. 

The Local Government Association (LGA) has unveiled a new name for their local government graduate scheme.

The Welsh government has announced a new data partnership with OpenAI to improve how artifical intelligence (AI) technologies work in Welsh.

West Oxfordshire District Council said it will continue to operate telephone lines for reduced hours after a trial period that reinforced residents’ desire to switch to the use of online services.

Reforms to "strengthen democracy" in Wales were passed into law yesterday (24 June) with the Senedd Cymru Act gaining Royal Assent.