The Coalition's plans to impose a minimum price on alcohol are being opposed in the Cabinet.

The Church of England has attacked the Government's lack of consultation over its gay marriage plans, saying senior ecclesiastical figures learned of them only when Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced them to Parliament.

One of David Cameron’s most senior aides has been accused of threatening a national newspaper over an investigation it was conducting into the Culture Secretary Maria Miller.

PM's totemic election pledge is broken after watchdog rebukes Government for claiming real rise in budget

Government backs plans encouraging hundreds of thousands to bequeath to arts and culture

When politicians face an impossible dilemma, they set up commissions and await reports. So often, it is a way of procrastinating until a day when passions have subsided and difficult decisions can be avoided.

Maps showing the loneliest places in the UK are to be created, the Health Secretary will announce today.

English Heritage considers listing Didcot power station, once the third most hated site in Britain

One of the country’s leading swimming clubs could be left homeless after a council announced plans to close a city centre pool to save money.

A man who bet he could lick every single one of Britain's cathedrals is nearing the end of his bizarre quest, the York Press reports.

Error will require immediate retrospective legislation to avoid a deluge of legal complaints

The Culture Secretary Maria Miller met Hugh Grant and other members of the Hacked Off press reform group today and told them a new “tough and independent” regulator of the newspaper industry was required.

A controversial decision to close three children's heart surgery units in England has been halted by the Government amid threats of legal action and growing protests from MPs and families.

More than 1,000 doctors in England could be putting patients at risk after serious concerns about their competence were raised by their NHS Trust, private hospital or employer.