Across England, a generation of young adults is discovering that ambition alone cannot substitute for the quiet inheritance of financial stability that family support provides. Care leavers, young carers, and those from struggling households face not merely poverty but a structural absence — no buffer against a missed paycheck, no guide through bureaucratic labyrinths, no one to call when the arithmetic of survival stops adding up. While over 40% of 25-year-olds can retreat to the parental home, those without that option are left to tread water without a buoyancy aid, in a labour market that i
Young adults without family safety net face deepening financial crisis
Young people without parental support face debt accumulation, housing insecurity, and psychological distress from lack of guidance and safety nets.