Money worries increase 'stay at home students'

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At least one in five students will live at home when they start university later this year in order to relieve money worries, suggests research.

According to a report by Lloyds TSB student banking, over a third (35%) of the 500 students questioned say if they didn’t live at home, it would be too expensive for them to go to university while almost two-fifths (38%) say it would be possible to leave home, but they would need to take on additional debt to do so. The study points out a potential 424,560 young people are planning to start university this year, and a third (32%) can’t stay at home as the university they have chosen is too far away. At the same time, however, while some students might be happy to stay at home while comp...

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