Shropshire market town named 'best place in the UK to live as a single parent'

A Shropshire market town has been crowned the 'best place in the UK to live as a single parent'.Ranked highly for its affordability and environment to raise a family, Bishop’s Castle has been named as the best place in the UK to live as a single parent.

The research comes as the cost of living crisis continues to impact families across the UK, especially lone-parent families which now make up 15 per cent of all families in the UK according to the Office for National Statistics . It also ranked highly for additional affordability factors including its average salary, cost of electricity and council tax.Bishop's Castle was followed by Wooler in Northumberland and the ceremonial county of Rutland in the top three.

"Despite this, there are more than 2.9 million single parents in the UK therefore we wanted to conduct research to establish which areas of the UK would be best for lone parents to raise their children in.

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