Sam Merriman

Motorists with EVs will also have to organise annual MOT-style checks on brand-new cars under plans announced by the Chancellor.

Some 45.8 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) were classed as disabled last year - up by 24.3 percentage points in a decade.

Almost one in five - or 2.4 million - older people have limited use of the internet and use it less than once a month or not at all, according to Age UK.

Elderly couple in their 70s become legal parents of surrogate baby boy despite judge's fears they could die before he reaches 18