The chancellor’s left-leaning Social Democrats will now effectively lead a minority government with its remaining coalition partner.

Plans to turn the vacant former site of the Meadowbrook Montessori pre-school in Warfield into housing has been refused by Bracknell Forest Council.

The retailer said it was boosted by strong sales of its Taste the Difference premium range and its Nectar membership pricing.

The average UK house price hit a new high in October, putting it just shy of £294,000, according to an index. House prices increased by 0.2% in October, the fourth monthly increase in a row, Halifax ...