‘Being alone is fine, being lonely is soul-ripping’

The loneliest people are perhaps not the older age group you might think, but are more likely to be aged 16 to 24.

Politics Live reporter Emaan Warraich spoke to younger people and the minister for loneliness, Stuart Andrew, about the stigma of being alone, and the help that is, or is not, on offer.

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