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Around 2,000 items - including gold jewellery, semi-precious stones and glass - were stolen from the British Museum

British Museum interim director Sir Mark Jones is appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday.

The one-off evidence session will ‘focus on the reputational and financial implications for the museum and the wider national collection’.

The invitation looks appealing — an evening with Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, hosted by one of the capital’s centre-Left communications companies, flourishing as a prospect of a change of government beckons. It’s posh enough to request your “dietary requirements”. This time last year, I remember Reeves and co were…

These vast sums should be spent improving our ‘second-tier’ cities – not on costly, carbon-guzzling developments in the rural south, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Mark Carney says ‘beyond time’ for a Labour government in major coup for opposition

Nigel Farage rebuffed Rishi Sunak’s suggestion that the former Brexit leader might be welcome back: “It’s very, very sweet of you Prime Minister but I’m really sorry, the answer is no, I will not”

Former chancellor says ‘not inconceivable’ that ‘Pied Piper’ Brexiteer could take over

The Transport Secretary said ‘the facts have changed’ in relation to the high-speed railway project.

RISHI Sunak has realised the Conservative Party is “in a hole” and has launched a last-ditch attempt to secure a legacy, according to a leader…

The mayor of Greater Manchester said he and others would now work to salvage the plans to make them work for his and other regions.