Relationships

Ingredients for domestic bliss

The key to domestic bliss is four meals together a week, more than one tablet and a Netflix account, it has emerged.

The Price of Love: Average Brits splash £41 on Valentine’s Day

The average Briton forks out £41 on their spouse to celebrate Valentine’s Day, a recent survey has found.

Parents forced to finance graduates due to tuition hikes

The rise of education costs means parents have to continue to support their graduating children, even after university.

How to talk to your loved ones about money

Being proactive with your savings can help to make your future financially secure. But with the current state of the economic environment, talking about money matters with loved ones can be a tricky subject to broach.

The ‘modern’ signs of true love

We used to say it with flowers — but now the true sign of modern love is a change in Facebook status from ‘single’ to ‘in a relationship’, according to new research.

I did it my way (planned my funeral, of course)

Saga’s latest poll shows that a quarter of over 50s would like an unusual send off when the time comes and the results conclude that non-religious orders of service were the most popular ways to formally say goodbye.

Families’ concern for elderly relatives peaks in January

Online searches, interest, and enquiries into elderly care peak in the first month of the year, older people’s charity and leading care provider Anchor can reveal.

Are you considering studying abroad?

With UK tuition fees still at a £9,000 per annum high, students are looking for other avenues when it comes to their education. In terms of European masters courses that are taught in English, there has been a drastic increase of 42% to 6,600 during the last two years.

Soaring child care fees sees cost of raising a child hit £229,251

The cost of raising a child in the UK from birth until the age of 21 has climbed to £229,251, an increase of 63% since 2003.

Almost four in ten families with children are struggling to make ends meet

Families with children are now at greater risk than any other group of having an inadequate income, with more than one in three having less than they require for a socially acceptable standard of living.

Just four in ten Brits would move an elderly relative into a residential care home

As Britain’s elderly population continues to expand, new research from Mintel finds just 40% of Brits would be willing to move a family member or themselves into a residential care home, should the need arise for long-term care due to illness, disability or old age.