Version 1.0 — June 2026
The Update Register tracks changes required to pillar documents as real-world events, new evidence, or internal reviews identify gaps between published content and current facts. It is a working tool, not a public document — though it may be published alongside the Gaps Register in a future version of the methodology section.
Each entry records: the trigger event, affected documents, nature of change, severity, status, and (when complete) a changelog entry. Severity ratings follow the same scale as the Gaps Register: CRITICAL (factual error that undermines core argument), HIGH (material development requiring substantive update), MEDIUM (addendum or clarification warranted), LOW (minor correction or note).
How to Use This Register
When something changes in the world: 1. Add a PENDING entry with trigger, affected documents, and initial severity assessment 2. Check the dependency map (Section 4) for knock-on documents 3. Draft update text before editing any document 4. Move to IN PROGRESS, then COMPLETED with changelog entry
When reviewing a document: - Flag anything that feels stale or is contradicted by new evidence - Add a PENDING entry even if the update isn't urgent — the register is the memory
Naming convention for updates: [Document ref] / [Short description] / [Date identified]
Section 1 — Pending Updates
Updates identified but not yet drafted or applied.
- S3_08 Two-Jar Framework / Jar 1 vs. Jar 2 classification test / 29 July 2026. The document's own "Open question" section flags five contested cases (education, defence, NHS, R&D, welfare) needing dedicated follow-up before Test 1 can be treated as settled. Needs its own working session, not a quick edit.
- S2_03 Free Expression / merge into S2_02 or remain standalone / 29 July 2026. Published standalone per user decision (29 July 2026); §6 of the document itself flags whether it should eventually be folded into S2_02 Public Office Covenant as an open editorial question.
Section 2 — In Progress
Updates currently being drafted or under review.
(None currently in progress)
Section 3 — Completed Updates
| # | Document | Trigger | Nature | Severity | Completed | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U001 | S4_01 Energy | GBE-N / Rolls-Royce SMR contract signed at Wylfa, Anglesey (13 April 2026). NWF commits up to £599m. £2.6bn allocated in 2025 Spending Review. | Four changes: (1) Numbers table SMR row updated from "10-15 yrs pre-commercial" to reflect 2030s contracted target; (2) SMR cost table row updated to reflect contracted status; (3) KEY POINT callout added at section 4.2 summarising the contract while preserving original cost-uncertainty analysis; (4) Medium-term bullet updated from "Commission the first SMR fleet" to "Deliver the Wylfa SMR programme" with specific figures. | HIGH | June 2026 | SMR programme moved from aspiration to contract. Core analysis preserved — costs remain uncertain pre-series production, financing model requires scrutiny, honest timeline unchanged. |
| U002 | S3_03 Economy | Same trigger as U001. NWF's catalytic co-investor role in Wylfa SMR risked being conflated with the British Wealth Fund proposal in this pillar. | Minor addendum to Energy cross-reference row in the cross-pillar dependencies table, distinguishing NWF (catalytic co-investor, £599m Wylfa) from the British Wealth Fund proposal (sovereign compounding model, no principal withdrawal for current spending). | LOW | June 2026 | Distinction between NWF and British Wealth Fund made explicit in the cross-reference table. No change to main body. |
| U003 | UK_Subsidy_Audit (new, S3 Tax & Economy) | Document was authored 24 June 2026 but never wired into generate_site.py's DOCUMENTS registry, so it was never built into site/ — found during a resume-work review on 27 July 2026. |
Reformatted document header to house style (# Title / > subtitle / italic context line, matching other S3 pillar docs); added registry entry to generate_site.py under S3 Tax & Economy; site rebuilt (35 pillar pages, up from 34). Also fixed the index page's hero pillar-count stat, which was hardcoded at a stale "32" — now computed dynamically from the DOCUMENTS registry so it can't drift again. |
MEDIUM | July 2026 | Standalone subsidy audit working paper now live on site and linked in S3 nav/index. |
| U004 | Free Expression, Protest, and State Secrecy (new, S2_03) | Reserve policy note (free_expression_protest_reserve_policy.md) drafted 24 July 2026 in the project root — outside Website/docs/ — so missed by the U003 sweep. Found on user prompt 29 July 2026. |
Reformatted to house style and published as S2_03_FreeExpressionAndStateSecrecy.md, registered under S2 Political Structure. Published as a standalone working paper per user decision, not merged into S2_02 Public Office Covenant — §6 of the doc flags that merge-vs-standalone question as still open. |
MEDIUM | July 2026 | Live on site, linked from S2 nav/index. |
| U005 | The Two-Jar Fiscal Framework (new, S3_08) | Working note (fiscal-two-jars-framework (2).md) drafted 22 July 2026 in the project root — same root-vs-docs gap as U004. Found on user prompt 29 July 2026. |
Reformatted to house style and published as S3_08_TwoJarFiscalFramework.md, registered under S3 Tax & Economy. Published as-is per user decision, including its own explicitly unresolved sections (Jar 1/Jar 2 classification test, cross-pillar ownership with Public Office Covenant) — content is provisional, not final pillar position. |
MEDIUM | July 2026 | Live on site, linked from S3 nav/index. Classification-test follow-up work (listed in the doc's own "Open question" section) still outstanding. |
| U006 | Readability pass: Cross-Pillar Dependencies tables, Sources Register, inline citations | User feedback (29 July 2026): cross-pillar reference sections were hard to read, requested collapsible treatment and inline data references. Root cause investigation found 17 of 21 Cross-Pillar Dependencies tables were missing markdown separator rows (rendered as raw pipe-text), and the Sources Register had a worse version of the same bug (187 fragments instead of 19 tables). | Three changes: (1) fixed all broken tables; (2) wrapped Cross-Pillar Dependencies sections in a collapsed-by-default <details> element site-wide; (3) built and rolled out a {cite:pillar_ref-N} inline citation system linking body-text stats directly to their Sources Register row, piloted on S1_01 and then extended to all 19 pillar docs with a registered S5_02 section. |
HIGH | July 2026 | Table rendering and citation mechanics verified: 154 citation links across the site, all resolving to valid rows, no leaked raw markers. |
| U007 | Citation rollout extended to remaining 9 documents | User request (29 July 2026): extend the inline citation system to the documents U006 skipped — S1_08, S1_09, S3_05, S3_06, S3_07, S4_06, and the three standalone working papers (UK Subsidy Audit, Free Expression, Two-Jar Framework) — none of which had a registered S5_02 section. | For S1_08, S1_09, and most of S3_06, formalised an S5_02 section directly from a "Sources:" list or per-section source notes already present in the document. For S3_05, S3_08, S2_03, and UK Subsidy Audit (S3_09) — which had no pre-existing source list — built a new S5_02 section from institutions already named in the document's own body text (no external research, no invented sources). Added 74 new citation markers across the 9 documents. | HIGH | July 2026 | 228 citation links site-wide, all verified to resolve to a real row. Source attribution for S3_05/S3_08/S2_03/S3_09 is inferred from context rather than pre-verified — flagged for a human spot-check. |
Section 4 — Dependency Map
When a document changes, check this map for knock-on implications. The map lists which documents have explicit cross-references to each pillar.
| Document changed | Check these documents |
|---|---|
| S1_01 NHS | S1_00 Overview, S1_03 Welfare, S3_03 Economy, S4_05 Demographics, S1_07 Public Debt |
| S1_02 Education | S1_00 Overview, S3_03 Economy, S4_05 Demographics, S4_02 Immigration |
| S1_03 Welfare | S1_00 Overview, S1_01 NHS, S3_03 Economy, S4_05 Demographics, S1_04 Housing |
| S1_04 Housing | S1_00 Overview, S3_03 Economy, S3_04 Economic Renewal, S1_03 Welfare |
| S1_05 Criminal Justice | S1_00 Overview, S2_01 Political Renewal |
| S1_06 Defence | S4_04 Trade, S3_03 Economy, S3_04 Economic Renewal |
| S1_07 Public Debt | S3_03 Economy, S3_04 Economic Renewal, S1_00 Overview |
| S2_01 Political Renewal | S3_04 Economic Renewal, S1_05 Criminal Justice, S3_03 Economy |
| S2_02 Public Office Covenant | S2_01 Political Renewal, S4_01 Energy, S3_03 Economy |
| S3_01 How Tax Works | S3_02 Tax Myth, S3_04 Economic Renewal |
| S3_02 Tax Myth | S3_01 How Tax Works, S3_04 Economic Renewal |
| S3_03 Economy | S1_04 Housing, S1_01 NHS, S1_03 Welfare, S3_04 Economic Renewal, S1_07 Public Debt |
| S3_04 Economic Renewal | S3_03 Economy, S3_01 How Tax Works, S3_02 Tax Myth |
| S4_01 Energy | S3_03 Economy, S3_04 Economic Renewal, S2_02 Public Office Covenant |
| S4_02 Immigration | S1_01 NHS, S1_02 Education, S3_03 Economy, S4_05 Demographics |
| S4_03 AI | S3_03 Economy, S1_02 Education, S3_04 Economic Renewal |
| S4_04 Trade | S1_06 Defence, S3_03 Economy, S4_01 Energy |
| S4_05 Demographics | S1_01 NHS, S1_03 Welfare, S3_03 Economy, S4_02 Immigration |
| S5_01 Gaps Register | All documents — review all open gaps when any pillar updates |
| S5_02 Sources Register | Any document where a new source is cited |
Section 5 — Known Future Update Triggers
Events or milestones that will require updates when they occur. Not yet pending — logged here so they are not forgotten.
| Trigger | Expected timing | Documents affected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylfa Generic Design Assessment conclusion | December 2026 | S4_01 Energy | GDA completion is a key milestone. Update SMR section with outcome. |
| Wylfa Final Investment Decision | TBC (post-GDA) | S4_01 Energy, S3_03 Economy | FID is the point of genuine financial commitment. Update cost and financing analysis. |
| OBR Fiscal Forecasts | March / October each year | S1_07 Public Debt, S1_00 Overview, S3_03 Economy | Check debt/GDP trajectory, interest bill, growth assumptions against current figures. |
| ONS Productivity data | Quarterly | S3_03 Economy | Core productivity figures. Alert if trend changes materially. |
| Immigration statistics | Quarterly | S4_02 Immigration | Net migration figures. Alert if materially diverges from document assumptions. |
| NHS waiting list data | Monthly | S1_01 NHS | Key metric in numbers table. Update if trend changes direction. |
| General Election | Next by January 2030 | S2_01 Political Renewal, all reform proposals | Assess which proposals appear in manifestos — this is the project's success metric. |
| Any new AI capability milestone | Ongoing | S4_03 AI | Fast-moving field. Review at minimum every 6 months. |
| Budget / Spending Review | Annually | S1_00 Overview, S1_07 Public Debt, all Section 1 pillars | Update spending figures, debt trajectory, and any policy changes affecting reform proposals. |
Section 6 — Interactive Features Tracker
Tracks the development of website interactive features per S6_01 Website Product Spec.
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Markdown → HTML site generator | ✅ Complete | generate_site.py — renders all 37 docs. Run python generate_site.py . to rebuild. |
| Document conversion to .md | ✅ Complete | All 37 documents converted. Economy chart extracted to /images/. |
| S4_01 Energy update (Wylfa) | ✅ Complete | See U001 above. |
| S3_03 Economy update (NWF) | ✅ Complete | See U002 above. |
| Update Register (this document) | ✅ Complete | v1.0 June 2026. |
| S5_04 Platform Integrity document | ✅ Complete | v1.0 June 2026. Explains verification architecture, data handling, threat model, and transparency commitments. |
| S3_05 Revenue Architecture document | ✅ Complete | v1.0 June 2026. Maps the full revenue toolkit: LVT, corporation tax reform, carbon pricing/CBAM, sector levies, FTT, digital taxes, tariffs. Sequenced portfolio approach. |
| Cross-Pillar Dependencies table fix | ✅ Complete | July 2026. 17 of 21 tables were missing markdown separator rows and rendered as raw pipe-text; fixed and now collapsed by default behind a <details> element (.cross-pillar-details in style.css). See U006. |
| Sources Register table consolidation | ✅ Complete | July 2026. 187 broken 1-row table fragments consolidated into 19 clean per-pillar tables. See U006. |
| Inline citation system | ✅ Complete (all 28 documents with sourceable claims) | July 2026. {cite:pillar_ref-N} markers in markdown render as numbered superscript links to the matching row in S5_02, opening in a new tab; linked row highlights via CSS :target. Piloted on S1_01, rolled out to S1_00, S1_02–S1_09, S2_01–S2_03, S3_01–S3_09, S4_01–S4_06 (228 citation links total). For docs with no pre-existing source list (S3_05, S3_08, S2_03, S3_09), a new S5_02 section was built from institutions already named in the document text — flagged for a human spot-check rather than treated as pre-verified. See U007. |
| Momentum counter | 🔲 Not started | Public name/location registration with geographic breakdown. Hook stubs in HTML. |
| Per-pillar discussion forums | 🔲 Not started | Structured challenge submission. Hook stubs in HTML. |
| AI engagement layer | 🔲 Not started | Four modes: query, summarise, challenge evaluation, proactive argument flagging. Hard constraint: bot surfaces but never autonomously updates documents. |
| S5_03 Update Register published on site | 🔲 Not started | Should appear alongside Gaps Register in Method & Sources section. |
| "The Mix" synthesis document | 🔲 Not started | What the Reset collectively implies about fiscal trade-offs. Draft once all pillars stable. |
| Local government / devolution pillar | 🔲 Not started | Identified as future thread. Not yet scoped. |
| Taxation pillar (four levers gap) | 🔲 Not started | Identified gap in grow / tax / reallocate / borrow framework. |