The UK government could charge foreign tourists for entry to top cultural attractions such as the British Museum.

In an effort to boost funding for the cultural sector, Baroness Margaret Hodge has recommended limiting free entry to some of the country’s top museums.

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If they have the UK's health data, you know American hospitals have turned over their patients' data too.

Around 6.6% of children in the UK are in a household which relied on a food bank in 2024-2025, new government poverty statistics show. That is almost two children in every classroom.

The conflict in the Middle East will damage the UK’s economy more than any other industrialised nation, according to analysis by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which warned over rising inflation.

In the first major assessment by a leading international thinktank of the economic impact from the attack on Iran, the OECD said the UK economy would grow by just 0.7% this year, compared with its last forecast, made in December, of 1.2% for 2026.

Here’s the full list of expanded UK Flixbus services in 2026:

New destinations

• Doncaster
• Blackpool
• Halifax
• Huddersfield
• Milton Keynes
• Colchester
• Chelmsford
• Ipswich

New connections

• Brighton to Heathrow Airport
• Leeds to Gatwick Airport & Manchester Airport
• Sheffield to Gatwick Airport
• Newcastle upon Tyne to Manchester Airport
• Sunderland to Manchester Airport
• Middlesbrough to Manchester Airport
• Bradford to Manchester Airport
• Norwich to Heathrow, Birmingham and Plymouth

Reversal by London police comes as Shabana Mahmood prepares an appeal against high court overturning ban on the group

[T]he patterns that develop throughout students’ educational careers are more likely to perpetuate inequalities in the creative industries

Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.

Written prescription fees from vets will be capped at £21 and practices will have to publish price lists for services, the UK's competition watchdog has said.

More than 12,000 people have pledged to “take back water” by withholding payment of their water bills

The spycops inquiry may not bring justice, but is an admission of the British state's long history of repressing the left