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Britain's historic buildings and sites could be privatised under Tory plans to be announced today.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller intends to turn state-run English Heritage into a self-funded charitable trust, while creating a new government organisation to deal with planning applications and protecting historic buildings by offering expertise and giving listed status.
The organisation would receive an £80 million "golden handshake" in 2015 to send it on its way to independence.
KATAYOUN SHAHANDEH surveys Iran’s cultural heritage and explains what has been damaged and what could be lost
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
Gin Lane by William Hogarth is a critique of 18th-century London’s growing funeral trade, posits DAN O’BRIEN
