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  Councils in England are spending an average of 78% of their council tax and general funds income on adult and children's social care, new figures have revealed. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A new Chinese "super embassy" in central London has been approved by the government. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A man who chased a police officer with a chainsaw in an attempt to murder him has been jailed for 10 years. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Another of Marks & Spencer's (M&S) most senior technology executives is leaving the company less than a year after its operations were devastated by a cyber attack. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Private sector wage growth has dropped to the lowest rate in five years, new official figures show. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The government has been warned it faces an "embarrassing and potentially catastrophic" legal challenge if it approves a controversial new Chinese "mega-embassy" in the UK. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Ministers are consulting on banning social media for under-16s in the UK - just weeks after a ban in Australia came into force. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Local police forces are not equipped to fight crime, government sources have told Sky News, with thousands of officers pulled off the street into desk jobs in the past decade. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A mother has told Sky News how her home has become a "prison" which forced her eight-year-old son to move out - after 25,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste burned for nine days last year. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News