United Kingdom AI Law

Browse UK legislation and AI-related provisions.

Enacted laws

• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 — Automated decision-making and copyright/AI provisions.

Regulations and executive actions

• Ofcom intimate image abuse enforcement programme (2026) — Opened September 9, 2026; monitors intimate-image safeguards, including AI deepfakes, ahead of September 30 code measures.

Guidance and frameworks

• Healthcare AI commission recommendations — Published September 10, 2026; proposals for lifecycle oversight and staged authorisations, with a government response to follow.
• UK AI Risk Management Toolkit — Published September 8, 2026; practical AI governance guidance.
• Vision for an AI-enabled clean energy system — September 8, 2026 policy vision; consultation closes November 6, covering England, Scotland and Wales.

Policy overviews

• United Kingdom policy on catastrophic AI risk — Comparison of prevention, oversight, human control and international cooperation.

Related coverage

• September 17, 2026 — King Charles’s AI-safety meeting

• Human Rights and the Regulation of AI — committee report
• September 14, 2026 — Human-rights committee recommends an AI bill and independent statutory oversight
• September 7, 2026 — Regulatory sandbox plan and AI oversight commitment