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Hartwig Fischer announced his resignation from the position on Friday.

George Osborne used to tell the world’s most expensive jokes. At the 2015 Budget, the then-chancellor said £1 million would be spent to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, primarily to land a gag about a Labour-SNP alliance. Further public money was allocated to reducing tolls on…

Manchester’s Aviva Studios is the latest venue to give its naming rights to the highest bidder. Is corporate sponsorship a necessity for the survival of the arts?

Challenges facing institution include debate over Parthenon marbles, protests about BP links and a police investigation into missing items

It is thought around 3,000 priceless items were taken from museum storeroom, ranging from 15th century BC to 19th century AD

The British Museum said a member of staff has been dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged

The matter is also under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police

Figures show the Treasury fund, devised to capitalise on the Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme, has eroded over the past three years.

In being selected to stand for parliament, Rupert Harrison and Nick Timothy are positioning themselves to shape the party’s future

The concept of austerity featured prominently in the first round of hearings of the UK’s COVID inquiry, which has recently come to a close. Notably, former chancellor George Osborne claimed that austerity had a “positive” effect on the UK’s ability to withstand the pandemic.

Osborne’s regressive benefit policy is despised even by some of its Tory architects. But Starmer is in no mood to make spending promises