Sport
Environmental Permit Reforms Meet Common Sense
Environmental permit reforms promise faster, more proportionate decisions. Lawn examines the paperwork crisis caused by common sense.
Felicity Bunce
Felicity has been in a six-year dispute with a supermarket loyalty scheme over seven missing points. She owns a filing cabinet containing every receipt issued to her since 1993 and has successfully returned a toaster on the grounds that “the toast had become complacent.” Retailers generally know her simply as Mrs Bunce Again.
World
Consumer Device Cyber Standards Tame Smart Gadgets
Consumer device cyber standards bring the UK and Singapore together while smart gadgets are asked to stop treating “password” as a fortress.
Health & Lifestyle
Foundation Trust Flexibilities Meet Earned Freedom
The NHS plan promises foundation trust flexibilities for strong providers, with local freedom carefully assessed by people in the centre.
Travel & Transport
Digital Rail Ticket Trial Gives Your Phone An Alibi
The digital rail ticket trial promises a best fare by phone, while the barrier waits to hear the device’s explanation.
Business & Economy
Pension Fund Investment Asked to Find Britain’s Unicorns
The government wants pension schemes and venture capital to invest more in UK science and technology. Retirement savings are studying the map.
Science & Technology
Quantum funding asks Britain to trust its printer
Quantum funding of £121 million aims to support research, skills and potential tools for fraud detection, healthcare and energy efficiency.
Business & Economy
Clean Energy Jobs in Wales Arrive on Paper First
A Welsh clean energy plan projects up to 15,000 extra jobs by 2030, so the future workforce already has a strategy and excellent stationery.
World
AI Growth Labs Put Red Tape In A Sandbox
AI Growth Labs offer supervised AI testing, giving Britain’s rules a carefully managed day out in a sandbox.
Science & Technology
Asian Hornet Nest Removal Gives Monitoring More To Monitor
Northern Ireland’s first recorded Asian hornet nest was safely removed in Dundonald. Officials now face the familiar challenge of monitoring the monitoring.
World
Zero Waste Day Opens a National Repair Service
Zero Waste Day inspires a national repair service where every clothing mend needs a case number, a form and patience the industry never manufactures.