Only 10% of the funds promised to reduce inequality under the leveling program have been spent; Public Accounts Committee noted ministers "unable to provide any compelling examples of what leveling up funding has delivered so far"

So-called puberty-blocking drugs will be banned indefinitely in the country, whereas until a few months ago they were prescribed to trans children and adolescents to delay the puberty period and to orientate their sexual development differently

Many farmers protested for changes to inheritance tax for farms announced in the budget: from April 2026, inherited farm assets worth more than £1 million, previously exempt, would be subject to inheritance tax at 20%, half the normal rate

The coronation of King Charles III last year cost taxpayers £72 million, including £50 million for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and almost £22 million for policing costs, Government figures revealed

Weird weather across the UK has been blamed on an anticyclonic gloom: fog, low clouds and spots of drizzle caused Odiham, a small town in Hampshire where some 4.400 people live, to record just 12 minutes of sunshine in the past 11 days