Rising costs drive growing share of UK students to live at home, report finds

Over half of prospective undergraduates from England's poorest neighbourhoods expect to live at home while studying, compared with 18% from the least deprived areas.

• The Resolution Foundation published its annual intergenerational audit, finding 52% of prospective students from the poorest areas plan to live at home, against 18% from the least deprived.
• David Willetts, the foundation's president, said living with parents emerges from financial constraints, not free choice, and is spread across the income distribution.
• Carl Cullinane, director of research at the Sutton Trust, said young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are increasingly having to limit university options because of cost worries.
• Rose Stephenson of the Higher Education Policy Institute criticised maintenance loan disparities, noting students living away from home can borrow £10,830 a year compared with £9,118 for those living with parents.