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The figure reflects the bulk of the county excluding Long Beach, Pasadena and Glendale, which conduct separate counts.

Wages excluding bonuses grew 5.9% in the quarter, compared with the previous year, with retail, hospitality and construction wages seeing strong growth.

“My initial, gut-level reaction is that hotels are places of public accommodation,” Sherwood said, and that “it’s a violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act because you’re excluding families with children.”

It reported UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were up 3.7% over the six weeks to 4 January and there was record trading in the week before Christmas.

Ofwat, the water regulator, says that Thames Water can increase bills by up to 35% - excluding inflation - over the next five years.