British government news

The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has published a report calling for the British government to fix the broken food system and turn the tide ... More

'Secret' talks between the British Museum and the Greek government could see the return of the Parthenon Marbles, bringing to an end one of the ... More

The British Museum has named Mary Beard as its a new trustee, a move which comes less than a year on from the British government ... More

The heads of several major organisations, including The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), the Museums Association (MA) and the National Museums Directors Council (NMDC), ... More

Having made a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the UK government has now launched an inquiry into the impacts of tourism and ... More

Avondale House and Forest Park in Wicklow, Ireland, is to undergo an €8m (US$9.2m, £7m) redevelopment, which will see it turned into a visitor attraction. ... More

The British Government is recruiting a new dedicated countryside and heritage disability champion, whose role will be to focus on improving disabled access to the ... More

More than 50 leading technology firms have teamed up as part of a £1bn (US$1.38bn, €1.14bn) deal to put Britain at the forefront of the ... More

The British government has spelt out plans to maximise the UK's heritage assets as preparations continue to leave the European Union (EU). The government’s annual ... More

The British Government has deferred a tax relief aimed at helping to cover the costs of developing permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions in order to ... More

The UK is looking for its next City of Culture, launching a nationwide competition to find a candidate for the 2021 event. Minister of state ... More

The British government has unveiled details of ambitious plans to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England in 14 new garden villages and three new ... More

St Helena has hit a significant milestone in its history, with the remote island successfully conducting a technical stop at its new airport, opening up ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a trio of mini forests being installed across London to Thomas Heatherwick’s ... More

The British government has announced plans to build a £40m (US$53m, €47m) Holocaust memorial near the Houses of Parliament in London, launching an international contest ... More

New London mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed culture will be as important as housing, transport and the environment in his administration. Speaking at the press ... More

FaulknerBrowns Architects partner Michael Hall has described how the studio’s planned indoor waterpark project in Coventry, UK, uses elegant and community-focused design to create a ... More

The British government has launched a £1m (US$1.4m, €1.3m) competition open to rail and heritage rail operators in an attempt to encourage more tourists to ... More

The London Paramount Resort is among the first projects to benefit as the UK hosts the Chinese president this week in a bid to strengthen ... More

The old War Office building in Whitehall, London, has been sold to investment conglomerate Hinduja Group, in partnership with Spanish group Obrascon Huarte Lain Desarrollos, ... More

London Resort Company Holdings Ltd (LRCH), the company behind the proposed £2bn (US$3.2bn, €2.5bn) entertainment resort in the south east of England, is hoping to ... More

New images for Paramount’s upcoming £2bn (US$3.2bn, €2.5bn) resort and theme park development have been unveiled as part of the second phase of consultation, showcasing ... More

Almost 90,000 letters have been sent out across Kent, UK, seeking the views of local households and businesses as plans to build the world’s fourth-largest ... More

London hotel industry experts anticipate a potential slump this summer, according to discount travel website Hotwire.com. Hotwire said that although the British government predicted that ... More

The British government has launched an independent review of architecture and the built environment with aims to better shape policy to achieve high quality design. ... More