The average price tag on a home has tumbled by more than £10,000 across the summer, falling by nearly £5,000 month-on-month in August alone.

Western leaders will host a call of the coalition of the willing on Sunday to discuss steps to ending the war in Ukraine.

European leaders will join Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky for his crucial meeting with Donald Trump, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.