Businesses and communities across Wales are benefitting from £12 million on investment in fast and reliable local broadband.
The boost is enhancing public services and opening up new opportunities for economic growth.

Scottish first minister John Swinney has said that the Scottish Government will focus on maximising investment from newly created UK Government energy initiatives. This includes Great British Energy, the National Wealth Fund and the Clean Power 2030 Mission.

The government has announced it will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard for the rented sectors.
The consultation will launch as soon as possible and aims to ensure safe, secure housing is the standard people can expect in both social housing and private rented properties.
The government is also planning to bring forward legislation for Awaab’s Law in the social rented sector this autumn.

The government has announced plans to support and expedite approval of urban sites, such as car parks, for building.
As signalled in the National Planning Policy Framework consultation, the government is taking further steps toward the introduction of an effective ‘brownfield passport’ to ensure where proposals meet design and quality standards, the default answer is yes.
A call for evidence will be launched on options to further increase certainty in relation to brownfield development.

The government has announced a new national strategy to use advanced data analysis and algorithms to relentlessly target the most dangerous perpetrators of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The initiative is part of the government's mission to reduce VAWG by 50 per cent within the next decade.
Police forces will use new data-driven tools to focus on the small number of offenders responsible for the highest levels of harm.

Four devolution agreements have been signed off.
The agreements mean regional mayors in Greater Lincolnshire and in Hull & East Yorkshire, and to combined county authorities in both Devon & Torbay and Lancashire.
The agreements mean local leaders have the power to make decisions in areas such as transport, adult education, and housing, boosting economic growth and opportunity, which are at the heart of the government’s agenda.

The UK Ministry of Defence, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Canadian Department of National Defence have agreed to collaboratively pursue research, development, test and evaluation technologies for artificial intelligence (AI), cyber, resilient systems and information domain-related technologies.
The collaboration has been driven by the rapid pace of technology development and the future challenges. It is hoped it will further leverage relevant research programmes among all nations and reduce duplication of efforts.

The UK is to host a conference in San Francisco, for talks between AI developers on how they can put into practice commitments made at the AI Seoul Summit.
The event will be held across 21 and 22 November and will include workshops and discussions focused on AI.
The conference precedes France hosting the AI Action Summit in February 2025.   
Earlier this year, 16 companies from around the world, agreed to publish their latest AI safety frameworks ahead of the next Summit.

Ministers have met with local leaders to hear about the impact of child poverty.
Liz Kendall, work & pensions secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and both co-chairs of the Child Poverty Taskforce have met with regional leaders from some of the worst affected areas in the country, including the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness.
Almost one in three children in the North East live in poverty.