The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.

"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.

The car-maker is lobbying fiercely for the pay package, which is being voted on ahead of its AGM on Thursday.

Gopichand Hinduja helped transform his father's modest textile and trading businesses into a global conglomerate.

The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.