Around two million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers will receive a “well-earned” pay rise of £345 from Thursday with increases in statutory minimum wages.

Alan Turing has become the first gay man to ever appear on a banknote in the UK. The mathematician was instrumental in breaking the German Naval Enigma cipher.

The lending giant will close three small offices in Swindon as it trims the network in response to the shift to remote working.