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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Surge in London’s ‘boomerang kids’ as more young adults unable to afford own home

London is seeing a surge in “boomerang kids” as a growing number of young adults are unable to afford their own home, official figures revealed on Wednesday.

More than one in four (26.8 per cent) London families had at least one adult child in the home, the largest proportion of any English region, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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