Researchers predict that the number of newbuilds in England will drop from an annual average of about 210,000 over the last five years to 160,000 this year due to higher borrowing costs.
Regular listeners of the Radio 4 programme joked that they needed to be put under ‘general anesthetic until tomorrow’ while others said they were left ‘wide awake’ after the unnerving episode.
Andy Street has been defeated by Labour rival Richard Parker after an extraordinary struggle that saw a series of recounts.