The average cost of a building job is now £12,634 due to the higher cost of labour and materials, up from £10,626 in July to September.

It comes as Health Secretary Neil Gray prepares to make a statement after being taken in an official vehicle to three Aberdeen games.

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the committee stage for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would likely last for ‘several weeks’.

Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of murdering William Bush, 23, on December 24 last year at their home in Llandaff, Cardiff.