They want it addressed in the Employment Rights Bill, currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, and claim some of their members are putting off treatment as sick pay is much lower than their usual salaries.

Experts and women who have planned single parenthood say more women putting off children until they are older and not finding stable partner are among the factors fuelling the increase.

He recalled moving into an unfurnished house and putting off the decorating only to return from a film project to find she had had his house fully furnished while he was away.

She said in August her cancer had been discovered "unexpectedly during a screening test" and urged anyone who was "avoiding a test or putting off an appointment" to get checked.

“I think the most likely outcome in the state case is the judge putting off sentencing until after Trumpov's term in office,” said Daniel Charles Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School.