The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

New business rates regime that is poised to hit pubs and hotels is latest example of hasty decision-making

More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Treasury’s independent economic forecaster says outlook for economy rosier than chancellor led everyone to believe

British farmers protesting inheritance tax were met with police restrictions and arrests for bringing tractors into central London, as tensions surged over budget changes affecting family farms.

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online

Leading barrister and pressure groups say move would lead to more unfairness for Black, Asian and minority ethnic defendants

Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’

Trump says the countries are ‘very close’ to a peace deal as Russian strikes target Zaporizhzhia

For generations, medicine treated the heart and brain as separate domains. However, a new study suggests the two are more closely connected than we thought, especially as we age.

There is increasingly bad blood between ministers and civil servants in the UK government. The trend has been apparent for at least a decade, with the mood between officials and ministers darkening during the Conservative administrations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson, fuelled by conflict over Brexit.