New research conducted for the BBC suggests that individuals in their 20s are encountering a more difficult start to adulthood compared to any other generation in almost half a century. This includes more than 40% of 25-year-olds now residing with their parents.
Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee believes that the social contract between younger and older generations has been broken. She suggests that Gen Z and millennials are set to be worse off than their parents, citing soaring unemployment, stagnating wages, and ballooning house prices.