Welsh Labour minister Jane Hutt insisted there is a hole in the public purse and ‘difficult decisions are now being taken’.

Sir Mark Rowley said abuse online and lengthy misconduct investigations have left officers less willing to take action or additional duties.

The Fed’s policymakers also signalled that they expect to cut their key rate by an additional half-point in their final two meetings this year.

The midfielder suffered the injury on international duty with Norway and missed Sunday’s north London derby win at Tottenham.

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a judge on Wednesday to let him await his sex trafficking trial at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a federal jail in Brooklyn.

The talks with unions and businesses are the latest in a series of discussions on the Government’s employment rights plans.