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Page 2 of 10: material from 1 to 2 October 2026. UK news and guides for Russian speakers.
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London Tube closures this weekend, 3–4 October: Victoria shuts on Saturday evening, Jubilee closed to Canary Wharf both days
The Victoria — Brixton section is closed from 7.30pm on Saturday until 10am on Sunday — exactly over the evening and the morning. The Jubilee does not run between Green Park and Canary Wharf on either day, the DLR loses Shadwell — Tower Gateway on Sunday, and Acton Main Line on the Elizabeth line is shut overnight. Line by line, with times and alternatives.
What to do in London this weekend, 3–5 October: free Japan Matsuri on Trafalgar Square, heritage buses and harvest festivals
After a stormy week, high pressure moves in: Saturday and Sunday are dry and settled, with no Met Office warnings. Here is what to catch — a free all-day Japanese festival on Trafalgar Square, 1930s buses running an ordinary city route, harvest festivals in the parks, the NFL at Tottenham, and three exhibitions opening on 3 October.
Cheap train tickets in Britain: a third off fares, and the money back when the train is late
A Railcard costs £35 a year and pays for itself in two or three journeys: it takes a third off most fares, and linked to an Oyster card it cuts off-peak London travel by 33%. Here are all nine railcards with prices, the £12 minimum fare rule before 10am, split ticketing (it is legal), Advance tickets, and Delay Repay — compensation from 15 minutes late, claimable within 28 days.
UK house prices stall: annual growth halves to 0.8% and prices slip over the month
Nationwide’s September house price index, published on 1 October, shows annual growth halving from 1.6% to 0.8% — the weakest since December 2025. Prices fell 0.2% over the month and the average home costs £274,251. London is up just 0.4% over the year, Northern Ireland 5.9%, while East Anglia, the East Midlands and the South West are in negative territory.
Maternity leave and pay in the UK: 52 weeks off, £194.32 a week and what to do if your employer says no
Up to 52 weeks of leave but only 39 weeks of pay, most of it a flat £194.32 a week before tax. Who qualifies for SMP, what Maternity Allowance is, the one date that decides everything (15 weeks before the birth), what fathers get, and how to claim £500 and free prescriptions.
Employment tribunal deadline doubles: six months to claim against your employer from 1 October
From 1 October 2026 the time limit for an employment tribunal claim has doubled: six months less one day instead of three. It covers dismissal, unpaid wages, holiday pay and discrimination. In Scotland, breach of contract claims keep the old limit until 9 November.
Pharmacy First: seven conditions a pharmacist in England treats without a GP appointment
Earache, sore throat, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, an infected bite and uncomplicated UTI in women — for these seven a pharmacist in England consults and supplies prescription medicines directly. No referral needed, the consultation is free, the medicine costs £9.90 or nothing if you are exempt.
Renters’ Rights Act: what changed for tenants in England — evictions, rent rises, deposits and pets
Section 21 is abolished, fixed-term tenancies are gone, rent rises once a year and only by Form 4A, advance rent is capped at one month and bidding wars are banned. A point-by-point guide to the new law and what to do now.
UK population has almost stopped growing: net migration down by two thirds, births at a 43-year low
The ONS has published mid-2025 estimates. The UK has 69.5 million people, up 227,700 over the year — the weakest growth since 2020. Net migration collapsed from 651,700 to 222,900 and births hit their lowest level in 43 years. Here are the numbers and what follows from them.
Power cut: £100 paid automatically, up to £2,235 in a storm — what you are owed and what to do if the money never arrives
A long power cut in the UK comes with money attached, and in most cases it should be paid without you claiming. The amounts are set by Ofgem and uprated for inflation every year: £100 for a home once the restoration standard is missed, £45 for every further 12 hours, up to £2,235 in a severe storm, and an extra £100 if your power has gone off more than four times in a year. Here is who pays for what, how fast supply must be restored, and what to do if nothing lands in your account.
How much paid holiday you are entitled to in the UK: 28 days, bank holidays and what you are owed when you leave
Paid holiday here is counted in weeks, not days: 5.6 weeks a year. On a five-day week that is 28 days — and unless your contract says otherwise, all eight bank holidays come out of them. Here is what the law gives you: the figures for part-time and zero-hours work, how holiday pay is calculated, what applies in your first year, and why untaken leave must be paid even if you are dismissed for gross misconduct.
Airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with their children: under-14s must be seated with an adult free of charge
On 2 October the government announced that airlines operating in the UK will be required to seat children under 14 next to a parent or accompanying adult free of charge. Today a parent and child can pay up to £104 on a return journey for that, and up to £40 to correct a typo in a name. The part missing from the headlines: it does not start today — the government says the measures will be delivered after Royal Assent of the Civil Aviation Bill, with next summer as the target.
Arrested in Britain: legal advice at the station is free, an interpreter is yours on request, and 24 hours is the limit without charge
Legal advice at a police station in England and Wales is free and not means-tested, and the duty solicitor is independent of the police and available around the clock. Once you ask for one, you cannot be questioned until you have had that advice. From GOV.UK: what else you can insist on, what the caution really means, how long you can be held without charge, and how police bail differs from release under investigation.
Stopped by police in London: what the officer must tell you before a search, what you can be asked to remove in the street, and what only out of public view
You do not have to answer questions, and refusing is not on its own a reason to search you. A search needs reasonable grounds; without grounds it needs a senior officer's authorisation. In the street it is coat, jacket, footwear and gloves — everything else comes off out of public view. Point by point from GOV.UK and the Metropolitan Police: what the officer must tell you, what you are entitled to afterwards, and the rules for under-18s.
Phone theft collapses in London: Westminster down 46%, the West End halved — and what to do in the first minutes if yours is snatched
The Met reports 14,000 fewer phone thefts and robberies across London in a year, a 45.8% fall in Westminster and close to half in the West End. Borough by borough: where street crime fell most, why a stolen handset stopped selling, and what to do in the first minutes so your insurer cannot refuse.
Right to rent: what landlords must check from 1 October 2026 — and how to get a share code in five minutes
An updated right to rent code of practice applies in England from 1 October. Every adult occupier is checked, even those not named on the agreement; landlord penalties reach £20,000 per person. Here is how to pass the check in five minutes with a share code, what British and Irish citizens show instead, why nobody may check 'only the foreign-looking' tenants — and what you must do if you sublet a room yourself.
Not just Wandsworth: Westminster says the government expects a 75–100% council tax rise, while Kensington and Chelsea pay £1,643
The council tax referendum cap has been lifted for five London boroughs at once — Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, the City and Wandsworth. Westminster says the government expects it to raise bills by 75% to 100% as its grant is cut by £100m over four years. From the councils' own documents: who pays what now, and when the 2027/28 rate will be known.
Victoria line severe delays, Circle running again: London Underground today, 2 October
Updated at 08:20. The morning has flipped: the Circle line, suspended by a points failure at Gloucester Road, is running again, while the Victoria has gone into severe delays after a track fault at Brixton. Buses and six rail operators are accepting Victoria tickets. District severe delays now only Barking to Upminster. What to take instead, and what tonight looks like.
Wandsworth council tax to rise 94% from April 2027: a Band D bill goes from £1,020 to £1,978
England's cheapest council tax is about to stop being cheap: Wandsworth plans to add £958 to the annual Band D bill. The government has lifted the referendum cap for six councils — five of them in London: Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, the City and Wandsworth itself. From the primary sources: how much bills rise, why no referendum is needed, when the decision becomes final and what to do if the bill is unaffordable.
London Tube and TfL closures in October 2026: the Piccadilly line stops entirely at Halloween, and no Tube to Heathrow on 17–18 October
TfL has published its planned closures calendar. The headline: the Piccadilly line does not run at all on 31 October and 1 November, and on 17–18 October the Hammersmith to Heathrow and Uxbridge section is shut — so there is no Tube to the airport twice this month. South London trams stop for nearly a fortnight, the Northern line skips Burnt Oak for two weeks, and this coming weekend the Jubilee is closed between Green Park and Canary Wharf. Here is the whole month, weekend by weekend.
London is warming: +1.6°C in half a century, frost days halved — and why the weather now hits the wallet harder
The finale of our weather series. Britain has kept weather records longer than anyone on the planet — the Central England Temperature series is 367 years old — and the archive's verdict is unambiguous: all six of Heathrow station's warmest years came after 2014, July 2026 was the hottest month in its entire history, frost days have halved, and the wettest years cluster after 2000. Here is how the weather has changed across the record — and why the bills grew alongside it: insurance, drying, repairs.
DWP debt recovery: from October money can be taken straight from your bank account, and debts over £1,000 can cost you your driving licence
The DWP is switching on new recovery powers: direct deductions from bank accounts without a court order and, in persistent cases, disqualification from driving for up to two years. Warning letters started on 24 June and the window to agree terms closes on 24 October 2026. It applies to people who are no longer on benefits and not in PAYE work.
Should you fix your energy tariff in autumn 2026? Fixes undercut the price cap — and January's cap may jump another 20%
From 1 October the Ofgem cap is £1,723 a year for a typical home, and analysts expect another jump in January. The cheapest fixed tariffs are currently 3.5–4% below the cap. A no-hype guide: how a fix works, when it pays off, what to check before switching — exit fees, timings, meter readings — and when staying on the cap makes more sense.
Energy bills from 1 October: electricity at 26.32p per kWh, 0% VAT — and why you should submit a meter reading today
Ofgem's new price cap applies from today: £1,723 a year for a typical household, about £60 more than in the summer. Gas is up noticeably, electricity barely at all — VAT on it is zero from 1 October to 31 March. If you don't have a smart meter, there is one simple thing worth doing today: submit a meter reading so your September units are billed at the old rates.
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