The North Wales Wildlife Trust has said it will continue campaigning in the run-up to the 2026 Senedd elections for legislation to mandate the installation of swift bricks in all new builds in Wales. ...

Last week Downing Street prompted anger among correspondents when it announced it would be scrapping their afternoon on-the-record briefing

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs

Martin Shipton The amount of time devoted to covering Reform UK by TV broadcasters would appear to give the party led by Nigel Farage a significant advantage over Plaid Cymru in terms of exposure in t...

Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain

As pubs nationwide buckle under soaring costs, one Argyll village spent three years buying and restoring theirs – and has ambitious plans for the future

A project from a Welsh university supporting older people affected by domestic abuse has won a prestigious award at the House of Lords. The team of researchers working on the Dewis Choice project at A...

Americans are not paying high prices because of other western countries. Pharmaceutical companies are to blame

Hyperallergic’s annual antidote to the lists of wealthy collectors, royals, and so-called tastemakers that pervade the art media.

IQ sits down for a Q&A with arena CEO Martin Ingham as the UK venue celebrates a quarter of a century in operation

A handful of bills, dubbed the “Taylor Swift” anti-bot bill package, has advanced in the Michigan House and heads to the governor’s desk.

🚨Millions of homeowners are trapped by feudal ground rents, unfair fees for land they already own. The Government promised to cap them, but now the Treasury is pressuring ministers to back down. Sign ...

Previous policy would have led to inheritance tax being levied on farms valued at over £1m The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has taken the lead in announcing today’s farm inheritance tax U-turn, not the Treasury, which pushed the policy in the first place. One reason why it was particular controversial was because Steve Reed, the former environment secretary, told farms when he was shadow environment secretary before the election that their farms would be safe from inheritance tax. Defra says today’s change will “significantly reduce” the number of farms affected by higher inheritance tax bills. -The number of estates claiming agricultural property relief (including those also claiming business property relief) affected by the reforms in 2026-27 halves from 375 to 185. -Most estates will benefit, with inheritance tax cut by hundreds of thousands of pounds for many families. The government has today announced that the level of the agricultural and business property reliefs threshold will be increased from £1m to £2.5m when it is introduced in April 2026. This allows spouses or civil partners to pass on up to £5m in qualifying agricultural or business assets between them before paying inheritance tax, on top of existing allowances. Following the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at budget 2024, the government has listened to concerns of the farming community and businesses about the reforms. Continue reading...

The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested at a protest in support of the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison, the Prisoners for Palestine protest group said. In a video shar...

The full scope of redundancies impacting the commercial arm of the National Theatre has been revealed, with the team of 24 set to be slashed to just seven

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Reducing the UK’s energy demand could help the country reach its net zero target faster and at half the cost compared to relying mainly on supply-side technologies, according to new research by energy...

The elusive street artist’s latest stencil may reference the tens of thousands of unhoused children living in London.