The Church of England has called for single people to be valued as much as couples and families in a report that points out that Jesus himself was single.
A large part of the UK population lives alone: according to the Office for National Statistics, the proportion of one-person households ranged from 25.8% in London to 36% in Scotland in 2021. And from 2011 to 2021, the number of people living alone increased by 8.3%.
