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The limit on a ‘week’s pay’ and the various maximum employment tribunal awards will increase from 6 April 2026.

Among the changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) are more proportionate subject access request (SAR) obligations, an obligatory complaints process, a renamed and re-empowered regulator, and an expanded ability to use automated decision making (ADM).

The Department for Business and Trade has responded to a 2025 call for evidence on unpaid internships – and has, for now, decided against a legal ban.

Various research bodies have published pay data for the three months to the end of January 2026 as well as a look forward for the rest of 2026.

The UK’s inflation rate in January 2026, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 3.0%.