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Former chancellor says WhatsApp messages between Boris Johnson and key advisers are ‘staggering’

George Osborne says ‘shocking’ and ‘staggering’ messages will soon be shared at public inquiry

Greece has long called for the return of the Parthenon sculptures.

An unnamed member of staff was sacked by the London-based attraction.

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