Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

The Together At Christmas event, which is being led by the Princess of Wales for the fifth time, is to take place at Westminster Abbey on December 5.

The foundations of the UK “can’t and won’t be fixed”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said, as he pushed Scots to back his party next year in the hopes of securing an independence referendum.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s fledgling party has revealed a shortlist of potential names for members to vote on at its debut conference this weekend.