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Updated legislation and an updated code of practice on preventing illegal working extends, from 1 October 2026, the scope of ‘employers’ who may be subject to a civil penalty or criminal sanction - bringing a far wider range of working arrangements into-play for right to work (RTW) checks.

Holding back tips and service charges from workers is illegal from 1 October 2024 and, by the end of 2026, employers will have additional obligations under the Employment Rights Act 2025.

Various research bodies have published pay data for the three months to the end of May 2026.

HMRC will phase in mandatory real-time reporting of tax and NICs for certain benefits in kind and taxable expenses.

The UK’s inflation rate in May 2026 - as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) - was 2.8%.