June compliance news round-up
Top stories this month UK regulatory update The Employment Rights Act is not just adding more compliance overhead, but it could make an employment tribunal more expensive—and more likely. The FCA has used its powers to shut down a payments firm after identifying serious issues in financial crime compliance and governance issues. Neurodiversity tribunal claims […]
Crime and Policing Act: senior manager liability comes into force
From today, 29 June 2026, UK corporate criminal liability has changed significantly. Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 is now in force. It means that where a senior manager of a body corporate or partnership commits a criminal offence while acting within the actual or apparent scope of their authority, the organisation […]
India’s POSH Act in 2026: what employers and international businesses need to know
India’s Prevention of Sexual Harassment framework, known as POSH, is one of the clearest statutory workplace compliance obligations in India. Rather than operating as a general workplace conduct policy, POSH creates a structured legal framework for how employers must prevent and respond to sexual harassment. It requires organisations to build awareness, train staff and Internal […]
Did the SNP fail to prevent fraud? What the Peter Murrell case reveals about corporate compliance failures
Former SNP CEO Peter Murrell’s embezzlement of more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party is, on one level, a story of personal dishonesty. The former SNP chief executive and ex-husband of Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted stealing party funds over a 12-year period and has been sentenced to five years and […]
Starmer resignation raises fresh questions for compliance reform
Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation has just been announced, triggering immediate speculation about what comes next in Westminster. For compliance teams, the short-term impact is likely to be limited. The longer-term consequences could be much more significant. Legislation does not pause because of a change in leadership. With Labour’s large parliamentary majority, the government’s broad policy […]
World Cup AML risk: why a quarter of competing countries should make firms look twice
What country are you backing in the World Cup? Thanks to office sweepstakes and online betting, many of us may be researching the footballing history of Curaçao or studying the team composition of Uzbekistan along with cheering on our home nation. With 48 countries in this year’s World Cup, more than a quarter of the […]
What’s new in Astute LXP – June 11th 2026 update (v3.5.4)
This month’s update continues our focus on Instructor-Led Training, plus reporting clarity and a handful of smaller refinements across the platform. Alongside the headline ILT work, we have made it easier to see pending changes on enrolment events and tidied up a number of areas across Risk Assessments and certificates, Quicker admin workflows Bug fixes […]
How much could a breach of the Employment Rights Act cost your business?
The Employment Rights Act 2025 changes the financial risk calculation for employers. For years, many tribunal risks were serious, but containable. Ordinary unfair dismissal had a qualifying period. Compensation was capped. Many claims had to be brought within three months. Harassment and whistleblowing sat in related, but legally distinct, risk categories. From January 2027, the […]
What will compliance look like in the 2030s? GRC experts weigh in
Compliance is changing faster than many organisations can comfortably absorb. From AI becoming embedded into everyday business systems to cyber security becoming a board-level governance issue. Sanctions risk is shifting faster than geopolitics while third-party risk now touches data protection, human rights, modern slavery, supply chains and operational resilience. That was the focus of a […]