The Office for National Statistics said public sector borrowing stood at £17.4 billion last month, above the £14.4 billion official forecast.

The regulator said energy bills would rise by about 28p a month for the average household in England, Scotland and Wales.

A billion-dollar money laundering network which is active in the UK bought a bank to facilitate payments to support Russian military efforts, the National Crime Agency has revealed.

Cash, drugs and weapons were reportedly found at an Aylesbury property during a raid by police, and a man from Oxford was arrested in connection.

A man in his 30s from Bicester has been arrested and charged for multiple counts of fraud as well as shoplifting by the neighbourhood policing team.