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December 2025

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble and Joseph Mullane

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

The Affordable Art Fair’s autumn edition welcomed 20,000 visitors with collectors and newcomers alike showing a growing appetite. Continuing its mission to introduce new audiences to the joy of collec

Spanning the 1920s to 1970s, Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape, at Firstsite in Colchester, examines the evolution of abstract art during periods of sweeping social and political