5 important things happening in the UK today

Here are 5 important things happening in the UK today, 10 September 2025.

• Johnson under pressure: Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to explain how his private office complies with rules over taxpayer subsidies after further revelations about how his staff appear to be overseeing his global commercial operations. A leak of data from the Office of Boris Johnson appears to show all three of his staff helping Johnson’s business and profit-making ventures. [Guardian]
• Regulator moves to make contactless payments unlimited: Contactless card payments are set to exceed £100 and potentially become unlimited under new proposals to allow banks and other providers to set limits. The proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mean that entering a four-digit PIN to make a card payment could become even more of a rarity for shoppers. [BBC]
• Watchdog says ministers should rethink hate-speech laws: Forces in England and Wales risk being “thought police” without a stronger steer from ministers on the difference between criminal social media content and the merely “bad taste”, the head of the police inspectorate has warned. [Financial Times]
• Push to introduce 10-year rule for migrants: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been urged to immediately apply rules to double the time migrants must wait to qualify for permanent settlement in the UK, as figures show that hundreds of thousands more will qualify from next year. The government published plans this year that will require most migrants to wait ten years before they can apply for the right to stay in the UK indefinitely. Ministers have not yet decided whether the rules will apply to foreign nationals already in the UK. [Times]

• On Wednesday, Oil was trading flat at $66.81. The pound is trading at $1.35, €1.16, and ¥9.63.

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