Grants designed to protect the countryside may be controversially switched to pay England’s farmers to grow beans and peas.

Ministers say there is more to do to tackle the “legacy of wasteful spending” in Whitehall after saving £14.3bn last […]

MPs call for urgent government action to determine how many primates are being kept as pets across the UK.

The firm which is quitting its contract to provide fitness-for-work assessments warns its successor will also struggle unless the system […]

The head of Ofsted has said “minds have been changed” over his suggestion for no-notice school inspections, which is now […]

Nick Clegg sets out the Lib Dems’ plans for the economy – including tax rises for the wealthiest to axe […]