Some 4.7 million people in England were waiting to start hospital treatment at the end of February, the highest number ever recorded.
Rowena Owen, who runs a holiday letting firm in Kent, tells ITV Tonight: “We’ve been approached by guests asking to pay double the value of the property to gazump the guests we’ve got - which I’ve never heard of in all my years in holiday letting.”
The researchers said CVT is more common after Covid-19 than in any of the comparison groups, with 30% of these cases occurring in the under-30s.
An array of inquiries are planning to probe the matter amid concerns an inquiry ordered by the prime minister may not find answers sufficient to satisfy MPs.