The statistics agency said the rise on last year was driven partially by an increase in long-term illness, which is at a 30-year high.

The party has also proposed putting a 9 p.m. watershed on advertising junk food on TV and restrictions on advertising ‘less healthy foods’ on social media.

The report also said that the increased size of the state looks permanent, with the state set to be larger than before the pandemic or the financial crisis.

People with Type O blood have been asked to donate, with NHS Blood and Transplant saying donation could ben needed until the end of July.

The report found the mothers were older, more likely to be obese, have comorbidities, and were more likely to be from Africa, Asia, or the Middle East.

The findings are part of an analysis revealing that at least one in four children are living in poverty in two-thirds of parliamentary constituencies.

The report said there was ‘no realistic way’ of dealing with the issues facing universities without thinking about the future shape and size of the sector.

The IFS said immediate spending pressures include staff pay, repairs to buildings, and the ’spiralling' cost of special education needs provision.

Labour has also said that it will curb immigration and announced an overhaul to apprenticeship training to fill the skills gap left by overseas recruitment.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the safety of women and girls is ’too important‘ to allow ’confusion' around definitions of sex and gender to persist.