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The Orkney Islands, Shetland and the Western Isles were among the top places in a quality of life index drawn up by the Halifax.

The average share of income that Britain’s families spend on housing has trebled over the last 50 years, with young people having to make do with longer commutes and smaller rented accommodation, according to a new report.

A report says 30-year-olds are feeling the sharp end of Britain's housing crisis, with costs soaring.

The results are in, and they might make you want to pack up and move home.

BBC's "Woman's Hour" surveyed data from across the country to select the happiest, safest, and most lucrative places to live as a woman.

Life satisfaction, salary and environment are assessed in a nationwide piece of research.

The Orkney Islands, Shetland and the Western Isles in northern Scotland have been identified as the best places in Britain to bring up children.The annual children's quality of life survey from Halifax said the Orkney Islands had held on to the

Millennials are being forced to live in smaller spaces, commute for longer, and wait on average until their 40s to buy a house.

Young people are paying more to live in less space than previous generations, a think-tank says.

David Willetts warns of ‘housing catastrophe’ as he launches study that lays bare intergenerational inequality

It ranked very low for wellbeing and happiness.

The research was commissioned for BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour