A wide range of new laws will come into effect in the UK in 2025, impacting various aspects of British life. These changes include bans on disposable vapes and junk food advertising, increases in minimum wages, and expanded free childcare options.
2025 brings a host of changes to law both within and outside of the UK that are destined to affect every Brit. Spanning from Labour’s push to hit net zero targets to Schengen border changes, these are the new rules you’ll be held to over the next 12 months, with more due to add on in 2026. Disposable vape ban This nationwide ban will forbid the sale of single-use vapes to “end this nation’s throwaway culture” according to circular economy minister Mary Creagh.
The legislation is currently making its way through Parliament and if approved will come into force on June 1, 2025. Businesses have been advised by Defra to sell their remaining stock before the ban, reports the MEN. Tobacco and Vapes Bill This new bill holds a lot of the controversial smoking-related laws that have garnered headlines this year including increasing the age limit of buying tobacco products so that children currently aged 15 and under will never be able to legally purchase it. Additionally, it also extends the power to ban smoking in specific outdoor spaces like children’s playgrounds. Junk food bans One of the more controversial new laws is the ban on TV adverts for junk food products being advertised before 9pm. The rule is set to come into play from October in order to curb childhood obesity. However, experts have debated the criteria used by the government to classify “junk food”. Wages increases National Living Wage, minimum hourly wage for apprentices and the National Minimum Wage are increasing in April with the minimum earnings for 18 to 20-year-olds rising by the highest amount on record, £1.40, to a new high of £10 an hour. There are reportedly plans to eventually create a single rate of minimum wage and national living wage for adults, phasing out the age brackets. Free childcare expansion From next September, parents of children aged nine months and older will be entitled to up to 30 hours of free childcare per week until their child starts schoo
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