The announcements on Thursday focussed on what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones called a "soaring maintenance backlog".

The central bank decides to hold interest rates at 4.25% with inflation remaining above its target level.

The criteria has changed so 2.7 million more people will get the money automatically knocked off their bills.

Thousands of households will now not face disruption to hot water and heating, the government says

The announcement comes as Trump pressures big technology firms to increase manufacturing in America.