A Cabinet Office minister said life was "s**t" for young people. Parliament UK

A Labour minister has offered a candid assessment of life in the UK in reaction to a news story about the costs associated with housing and raising children.

In a post on X , Josh Simons, the parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office who co-founded the Labour Growth Group, said life for young adults wanting to have kids but struggling with personal finances was “s**t”.

Simons said well-educated 20 to 40-year-olds found it “IMPOSSIBLE” to both save more to buy a home and be able to spend more on having children.

He linked to a news story in The Times suggesting that raising a child costs parents almost £250,000 in the first 18 years of someone’s life.

Analysis from the investment platform MoneyFarm

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