The above question was asked in r/AskReddit about America and produced some great insight.

What do you think people ought to know about the goings on in the UK?


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  5. Recycling rules are changing for the better for all councils across the UK this year. Gone will be the days of wondering what you can recycle in what area and what bags and what bins you’ll need to use, everything’s going to be homogenised and much easier.

    Here’s a video about it by the wonderful [Chris Spargo](https://youtu.be/fuwaOiTHl7U?si=mucTf6M4NL968KjL)

    Here’s the [gov.uk guidance for waste collectors](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/simpler-recycling-household-recycling-in-england)

    And here’s an [article about it from Waste Collectors, ‘First Mile’](https://www.thefirstmile.co.uk/the-big-picture/uk-government-recycling-reforms) if you don’t want to watch a YouTube nerd explain it for 12 minutes and 45 seconds.

  6. Private family court proceedings and the evil crap that happens there, practically completely in private. 

  9. There are lots of great rewilding projects going on. The reintroduction of beavers in Scotland has gone really well and is absolutely amazing for the environment. Wild beaver release was also approved for England in 2025.

  10. My local is closed for at least 2 weeks for some kind of building work, or so they claim.

    There’s also a spicy argument on Streets FB page.

  14. Most of what is in Private Eye – the state of salmon farming, corruption in Teesside, the Letby case. Most of it doesn’t make public perception, but it’s the truth about how just a bit shit the country is.

  15. Sainsbury’s has put up the price of its 4 packs of magnum like ice creams by £1.20 in the last year. Not enough people talking about this scandal

  16. How blatant disability discrimination happens in the workplace even though it’s illegal.

  17. This year (next season) Paramount have the rights for some champions league matches meaning for non dodgy stick users, thats like 4 different sports subscriptions that you’ll potentially need in order to watch the footy

  18. Twitter is full of propaganda. That platform is best deleted from your devices.

  19. Any random marking that occurs in a residential area means your dog is going to be stolen.

  20. Seems very low down compared to issues I’ve seen posted so far – but a lot of places advertising jobs are doing the interview as an unpaid trial shift.

    They get the person in have them clean for a bit do a bit of work then thank them for coming and inform them they’re unfortunately not going to be offered the role.

    Why hire someone for 3 months on the run up to Christmas when you can just space out your applicants and have them work shifts unpaid instead!

  21. There are big changes to private renting in 30~ years are being made with the Renters Rights Act starting 1 May.  Awareness campaigns for landlords have already started, campaigns for tenants should begin around Feb. But the info is in the public domain now, just keep to reputable sources. 

    Social renter? From Oct 2025 changes were made meaning there are stricter guidelines about how quickly social landlords must respond to maintenance type queries. 

    None of those things? One of the changes is there will be a register of landlords (think like Companies House for landlords). So if you are having issues with private tenants you can easily look up the landlords details. 

  22. Although cinema prices have rocketed and it can feel as though people are being priced out of going there’s the CEA scheme for disabled people over 5 years old. It allows members to bring someone else along free of charge to help them.

    There’s an annual fee of £6.50 but you can easily save that in a year and it’s certainly made the cinema more accessible for my family.

    [https://www.ceacard.co.uk/](https://www.ceacard.co.uk/)

  23. I’d just like to plug r/GoodNewsUK – it shares some of the positive UK stories that get buried under the general misery of the normal news.

  24. There is a huge swathe of the country that is at their absolute financial limits. It’s a literal time bomb of destitution waiting to go off. If 2026 sees food, rent/mortgage and energy inflation to the scale of the last two years then we are going to hit the skids. There is no fun budget left for most people let alone savings. It’s pay check to pay check and if wages don’t go up (spoiler: they won’t) then there is a huge recession in the offing.

  25. Ice Hockey is growing in prominence. Its the perfect indoor sport, you don’t have to watch it in the rain and more is being invested in it. ITV4 is going to start showing select NHL games.

  26. Gary Barlows son is an absolute unit, and he has disappeared from the face of the earth….. we don’t know where he is or what he’s plotting, and quiet frankly we don’t know how to prepare for whatever comes next

  30. the government are mere steps away from tracking everything you do online linked to your id.
    in a system that will be hacked almost certainly, leaking a level of info about you that is lifechanging.

    all under the guise of “wont somebody think of the children”

  32. A large scale and dedicated misinformation campaign (mostly by Russia) aimed at making the UK look as bad as possible both domestically and internationally. Heavily recommend r/GoodNewsUK as a needed break from the doomerism and anti-UK propaganda. Highly recommend [this](https://www.youtube.com/@Good__News) good news focused channel as well, it’s not UK specific but the UK frequently features. It’s especially good if your interested in science and environmentalism.

  34. Right now, theres people very unwell in a&e corridors because beds are filled with people who dont need them but need social care (you all knew that)

    What you may not know is that some of these are for ridiculous reasons like families going on holiday so wont allow discharge, they need a new kitchen so want to wait for that, they need a private stair lift fitting in 2 weeks so want to stay in till then, you cant discharge my 30 year old daughter because she has rotting foods on the side you need get a cleaner in, no i cant pick my mother up you have to pay hundreds for an ambulance because she might soil my car, I havent bought any shopping for grandad but will in 3 days so you need to keep him in till then, you cant discharge them today i need to put the heating on but will only be there Thursday….

    These are all excuses I have personally heard. Meanwhile we have people dying in waiting rooms and corridors.

  36. There is a massively underreported Ketamine epidemic across the country with victims doing serious lasting harm to their internal organs, especially their bladders and kidneys.

    I know multiple addicts.

  37. There is a vanishingly small number of teens/ adolescents that actually want to change gender- I work in a service that would see the highest incidence and the number is less than 1%, it’s all fear mongering and media hysteria. Yes young people are experimenting with who they are, their identities etc but this is a completely normal part of adolescence. Also from a highly regarded NHS senior consultant ADHD specialist- ADHD is actually under diagnosed in the uk (based on what we know of expected incidence/ occurrence) so don’t believe government and media spin if you can help it.

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