Anxiety in England has risen for the first time since 2012 as middle-aged people worry about house prices and care homes.

Figures from the ONS show that anxiety experienced a slight increase between 2015 and 2016 due to a fall in the number of people who said they had very low levels of anxiety.

Analysts said the "squeezed middle" - those in their 40s and 50s - were worrying about both their parents and their children.

High-profile coverage of out-of-control house prices and the crisis in adult social care has left baby boomers feeling anxious, experts said.

When asked to rate their anxiety on a scale from 0 to 10, where 10 is very anxious respondents to the ONS's survey gave an average answer of 2.92, an increase from 2.87 in 2015.

This is also higher that the data for 2014 and is the first year-on-year increase since 2012.

Experts said that the "euphoria" people felt following the end of the financial crisis had subsided and people had begun to feel anxious about their family's economic stability again.

Dr Eugenio Proto, an economics professor at Warwick University, said: "People are less obsessed with the crisis and are more worried about usual problems like welfare and house prices.