The Commons Public Accounts Committee found the cost of collecting taxes rose by £563 million over the last parliament, while productivity fell.

However, a report by the ABRSM, the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, suggests the range of instruments now being taught is ‘widening’.

A train has been wrapped in bold artwork celebrating the ethnicity of its operator’s workforce and the communities it serves. Digital artist Baraka Carberry, who created the work for Avanti West Coast ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be among those out canvassing.

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman can be seen “storming into” the headquarters of Warburtons as she stars in a new TV advert for the British baking firm. The 51-year-old appears in the two-minute ...

Households will be able to choose from more options to upgrade their home heating systems with the help of Government grants, under new proposals. The Government said its boiler upgrade scheme, which ...

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs, Stephen Fry, Richard Curtis, Aisling Bea, Carice Van Houten and Nabhaan Rizwan have jopined other well-known faces to sign a new petition asking the government to take ...

A doctor who was contemplating having her eye removed had her sight restored in time for her wedding thanks to a first-of-its-kind genomics lab. Ellie Irwin had a rare bacterial eye infection which ...

A bird hide designed to resemble an air traffic control tower has been unveiled near Heathrow airport. The structure allows visitors to watch wildlife at one of the 13 nature reserves on land owned by ...

The ASA ruled that both brands gave the misleading impression that their pods and bags could be composted at home.

The findings have been published ahead of the NAHT school leaders’ union conference in Harrogate this weekend.

The tax system is becoming more expensive and less trusted as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) struggles to modernise, a committee of MPs has warned.