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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Prudence Ivey

Comment: ‘singles are locked out of London home ownership and it’s not just a lonely hearts problem’

I doubt any single people were surprised by the revelation that flying solo was more expensive than coupledom. But £860 — per month! – is a pretty jaw-dropping penalty for being single.

The figure was totted up by Hargreaves Lansdown who calculated how paying alone for everything from tax and household bills to gym memberships and train fares was leaving singles with less financial resilience than couples, as well as significantly lower saving power.

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