Reforms

• Indonesia's initial public offering (IPO) market is experiencing a slowdown as the government implements a market overhaul to restore investor confidence. • The decline is driven by tougher listing requirements and quality reforms that are deterring potential companies from going public. • This trend occurs amidst broader policy uncertainty that is rattling investors within ASEAN's largest economy.

Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisisAndy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social care in which he will set out his strategy for resolving one of the most intractable issues in British politics.The prime minister has invited Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, to discuss how to enact urgent reform on social care, as he attempts to find common ground across party lines. It is understood that both will be represented. Continue reading...

• Sonam Wangchuk praised Gen Z and the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) for achieving a "democratic victory" after the government accepted key demands, leading to the end of protests at Jantar Mantar. • The movement saw a significant outcome today as Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister. • Wangchuk emphasized that a nation is not built by resignation alone, calling for sweeping reforms in governance and the education system.

• India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, P. Harish, urged the UN Security Council to clearly distinguish between armed aggression and territorial disputes to better maintain international peace. • India called for reforms to the UN Charter, specifically arguing that Chapter VI interventions lack "perpetual validity" and require periodic reviews to align with current geopolitical realities. • The move highlights India's frustration with global inaction and the perceived stagnation of the UN's conflict resolution mechanisms.

DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpaymentsScores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance.New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system. Continue reading...

• President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr is implementing a series of business-friendly reforms to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and compete with regional rivals like Vietnam and Malaysia. • Key initiatives include new laws regarding taxation and governance, extended land leasing options, and ambitious infrastructure upgrades to the nation's power grid, ports, and railways. • These efforts aim to capitalize on the global shift of supply chains as companies move operations away from China due to ongoing trade tensions and tariffs with Washington.

• Hungary's opposition party, Fidesz, has petitioned the Constitutional Court to review four major laws recently passed by Prime Minister Péter Magyar's Tisza government. • Fidesz argues that these reforms violate the nation's Fundamental Law and represent an attempt by Magyar to establish an "autocratic rule." • Party representative Tuzson accused the government of taking coercive measures that undermine the rule of law and threaten Hungary's constitutional order.