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.

The Tories are not the only ones struggling to maintain order ahead of the election, with Labour being accused of having a ‘cull’ of left-wingers in the party.

The plans would see 10 percent of the base used to house 800 asylum seekers, which the council said was a step forward to deliver its regeneration plans.

The government also announced similar restrictions for NHS prescriptions ’to further close the loopholes,' following the Cass Review on gender services.

The Public Accounts Committee said despite the Home Office having committed millions to its asylum plan, it has ‘little to show for the money spent so far.’

The LBC host has confirmed he will be running as a Conservative candidate, but indicated he has not been selected to stand in a particular seat.

The police investigation has to take into account findings from the ongoing public inquiry, with charging files not expected to be sent to the CPS until 2026.

In a recent two-week police operation to target scammers and safeguard victims, 85 percent of victims were aged 60 to 90 years old, with the oldest being 94.