The money will be for "vulnerable" households who have faced a sharp rise in energy bills since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

A Faversham grammar school sixth former dies of meningitis, along with a university student.

Nathan Bennett's abuse of two and three-year-old boys is "every parent's nightmare", a court hears.

Houmous and motorhomes are also added to the basket of goods and services used to chart the rising cost of living.

It comes as ministers grapple with spiralling unemployment rates among young people.

The teenager could have been treated in Northern Ireland, but was sent to London due to confusion over the services available.