Sky News will send more reporters out of the newsroom as part of a new initiative to get a “clear and balanced” view of what is happening on the ground across the UK.

Throughout 2018, journalists will report from “Line 18” – a route through the UK which has been plotted “in search of the surprising truth of a fractured Britain”.

The line, along which almost half the British public live, runs from Essex to London, through the Midlands to Manchester, Glasgow and across to Belfast.