4 h. ago The impossible cost of getting on the housing ladder revealed – and why Gen

Research by the Independent shows first-time buyers are forking out 10 times more cash for home deposits than they were 30 years ago, while average rents eat up half the average income. Alicja Hagopian reports

Politics

53 h. ago Gen Z favourite fragrances unveiled and they're not the usual 'classics'

New research has revealed that four in ten Gen Z 'must' wear some kind of scent wherever they go - but they're not the usual 'classics' that older generations might expect

Politics

54 h. ago Gen Z ditch 'classic' smells as Vanilla and Strawberry scents top list of favourites

New research has revealed the most popular scents among Gen Z, and it's not the usual 'classics'

Politics

4 d. ago Ministers meet mortgage lenders to discuss plans to hand out bigger loans

Ministers are meeting mortgage lenders today to discuss plans to make it easier for people to get in the housing ladder, including by handing them bigger mortgages.

Politics

5 d. ago Recovering ketamine addict reveals why Gen Zs are turning down cocaine for ket... and what the lasting effects are

Liam J, 37, became addicted to ketamine in his early 20s, abusing it for more than a decade and miraculously surviving to warn others against the increasingly popular drug.

Politics

1 week ago New homeowners handed huge £10,000 discount on houses if you finish it off yourself

People who would have struggled to get on the housing ladder were offered a whopping £10,000 discount on new homes if they contributed 500 hours to the build themselves

Society

2 w. ago The immigration problem that really concerns me? US celebrities | Frances Ryan

There are worrying signs that this uber-wealthy wave of migrants don’t truly understand British values. Have they even been to the big Asda?With September around the corner, this feels the right time to admit how I’ve spent the summer: tracking the invasion of foreigners to Britain. Tempted by our culture and a stable democracy, swathes of immigrants are coming here for a new life. While the rest of us toil at work and struggle to get on the housing ladder, many “foreign nationals” are enjoying luxury accommodation and hanging out idly in the streets. Still, it’s nice that Ellen DeGeneres has found happiness in the Cotswolds now that her chatshow has ended.Having relocated from the US after Donald Trump’s re-election last year, Degeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have spent the summer effectively doing full-time English cosplay. In recent weeks, DeGeneres has shared with her 135 million Instagram followers such idyllic countryside pastimes as: buying sheep, riding a horse, mowi...

Politics

3 w. ago Which of these websites do YOU remember? The early internet pages Gen Z have NEVER heard of, revealed

Do these early-2000s websites evoke memories from deep within you, or leave you scratching your head?

Politics

3 w. ago Do you speak Gen Z? Sigma, aura and Skibidi named the fastest

London is the brat capital of the UK—but what does that even mean? A new study from JD Sports reveals how Gen Z is really speaking

Politics