My two adult kids have had to move back home. Should I be charging them rent – and if so, how much? | Sue Elliott-Nicholls

They face spiralling costs and insecure work, so I’m glad to help them. But I can’t afford the big rise in my cost of livingThank goodness for the “bank of mum and dad”: now there’s an expression to make me a bit sick in my mouth. I am the parent of two adult children who have moved back home in recent years because they can’t afford to rent somewhere to live. And they are not alone. In January, the Office for National Statistics reported that rental prices ha