The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) remained at 1.5% in November - a three year low - despite some experts predicting a fall to 1.4%.

The Office for National Statistics says that the pace of improvement in life expectancy has slowed considerably in the last few years.

Rising private pension and property wealth fuelled a 9% rise in median household net wealth in Great Britain in the two years to March 2018, according to the latest ONS report.

UK inflation rose at the slowest pace in almost three years last month, with CPI inflation dropping from 1.7% to 1.5%.