Renewable energy projects and growing housebuilder confidence pushed the industry to the fastest rate of growth since early 2022.

The rescue services in the south of the country reported several people missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist.

Mr Miliband told ITV’s Good Morning Britain ministers were not interested in having businesses pay for access to them.

A second teenager accused of murdering Emma Lovell, from Ipswich in Suffolk, will not have a jury present at his trial in Australia.