The Prime Minister said that ‘we do need to transition to clean power’ while on a visit to the UK National Nuclear Laboratory.

It warned it was facing around an extra £10 million in wage costs in its next financial year from the Budget measures.

The PA news agency looks at the outcome of the Bank of England’s decision, and whether rates will fall again soon.

The princess visited Southmead Hospital on Bristol, where she spent five nights after her horse-related accident some seven months ago.

Prince Andrew School is the only secondary school on the remote British overseas territory of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean.