On 3 December 2025, the PRA published its final Policy Statement PS25/25 on climate-related financial risks. The final expectations now sit in Supervisory Statement SS5/25 ‘Enhancing banks’ and insurers’ approaches to managing climate-related risks’, which immediately replaces the old SS3/19. The changes enhance requirements in areas such as governance, risk management, scenario analysis, data, and disclosure.

The latest Policy Statement from the regulator near-finalises the retirement of the refined methodology for Pillar 2A capital, and embeds some non-substantive changes on pension obligation risk and interest rate risk in the banking book.

On 12 September 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the second part of its near-final rules on the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards through Policy Statement 9/24 (PS9/24). The first part of these near-final rules was issued on 2 December 2023, as part of PS17/23.

This article provides an overview of the near-final rules published by the PRA, as part of the UK's implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the changes relating to credit risk corporate exposure classification and risk weights under the standardised approach, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the changes relating to credit risk retail exposure classification and risk weights under the standardised approach, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the changes relating to exposures to institutions under the standardised approach of credit risk, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the changes to exposures to MDBs under the standardised approach of credit risk, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the changes relating to real estate exposures and risk weights under the standardised approach of credit risk, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article provides an overview of the near-final rules concerning exposures in default under the standardised credit risk approach, as part of the UK's implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article provides an overview of the near-final rules regarding the off-balance sheet items under the standardised approach, as part of the UK's implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

On 12 September 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the second part of its near-final rules on the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards through Policy Statement 9/24 (PS9/24). This article focuses on the key changes in comparison to the PRA’s earlier consultation paper(s), in each of the major risk areas.

This article outlines the key changes to the calculation of own funds requirement for operational risk, as part of the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards (PS17/23).

This article outlines the reporting changes, as part of UK’s implementation of Basel 3.1 (PS9/24).

This article outlines the key changes to the calculation of Credit valuation adjustment and counterparty credit risk, as part of the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards (PS17/23).

This article outlines the key changes to the calculation of market risk capital requirements as part of the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards (PS17/23).

On 12 December 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published near-final rules on the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards through Policy Statement 17/23 (PS17/23). PS17/23 covers near-final rules on market risk; credit valuation adjustment (CVA) and counterparty credit risk (CCR); operational risk; interactions with the PRA’s Pillar 2 framework; and, re-denominate currency references to pound sterling (GBP).