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Tax on alcohol sold in the UK is changing from Saturday, with an increase to match inflation, a cut to duty on draught pints and a shake-up in how wine is levied. So what is changing, which drinks will be cheaper and which might cost more?

What is alcohol duty?

My father, Ed Ferrett, who has died aged 83, was an engineer and an author. After a career in tertiary education leadership, he embarked during his 50s on what became a highly successful second career in health and safety.

With Phil Hughes, chair of the National Examination Board in Occupational …

The Covid inquiry has spent the past three weeks delving into the UK vaccine rollout and the decision-making around new and existing therapies for infected and vulnerable people. Here we look at the key findings from the module, the fourth of 10, in the inquiry chaired by Lady Hallett.

The …

Monday

“Trying not to upset the French” could be a chapter in a Debrett’s guide to etiquette and manners, one that may have been taken to heart by the government this week with its decision to change the name of a new submarine. The Astute-class attack vessel is still being …

People living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and acute hunger after the M23 rebel group swept into the city earlier this week after a rapid advance in recent weeks.

Judith Saima, a 28-year-old merchant, said: “We are …

Those who first glimpsed Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s as Mick Jagger’s angelic girlfriend, or the winsome singer of

As Tears Go By

Watching televised sports in 2025 can feel a little like sitting through one long gambling commercial, interspersed by occasional flashes of actual games. Those sports, meanwhile, are played in venues and uniforms plastered with the logos of yet more betting houses, airing on broadcasts that sprinkle in mentions of gambling …

UK health bosses privately admitted that a lack of border inspections in the wake of Brexit had left British consumers exposed to diseased meat, an investigation has found.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has previously uncovered a host of

failings in the government’s handling

Good morning. A new public accounts committee report has found that disability benefit claimants are receiving “unacceptably poor service” from the government, waiting on average 10 times longer than other claimants for their calls to be answered. Meanwhile, rising DWP underpayments are leaving many at greater risk of hardship.

For …

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine three years ago, Viktor* was ready to die for his country. He volunteered to defend Kyiv as enemy tanks appeared and joined Ukraine’s armed forces. In the spring of 2023 he was fighting

in the village of Tonenke