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On June 8, 2026, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published a consultation entitled “Empowering people through data intermediaries” (the Consultation).

The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has delivered a sharp rebuke to the Government’s proposed earned settlement reforms.

A job offer marked “subject to” satisfactory references, right to work checks and a probationary period might feel like a holding position, something that binds no one until every box has been ticked. It is a reasonable assumption, and one that employers have often relied upon. But as a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling has made clear, that assumption can also be a costly one.