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1 House prices will fall almost 14 per cent next year once the government’s temporary cut in stamp duty ends and the economic impact of coronavirus filters through to the property market, according to the Centre for Economic and Business Research.

2 Private companies will get access to public data under a pilot scheme announced by the government to start Dominic Cummings’ unshackling of the technology industry. Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, speaking in London alongside representatives from Facebook and Microsoft, said: “Forget oil. The fuel of our modern economy . . . is data.”

3 Google must do more to stop fake adverts for debt-help charities and investment firms from appearing in its search results, Which?, the consumer rights organisation, has said. The group