Some 4.7 million people in England were waiting to start hospital treatment at the end of February, the highest number ever recorded.
The UN said attempts to change someone's sexuality or gender identity were 'haunting' and 'chilling'.
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.