The start of November, with darker evenings, saw 8% of adults who were "always or often lonely" - representing 4.2 million people. This was the peak in this measure of loneliness since the ...

However, people who said they were always alone were more likely to say they felt lonely. We also found that people who live alone are only slightly more likely to feel lonely more often.

According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), around a quarter of adults (27 per cent) report they have felt lonely always, often or some of the time. Age UK reveals that nearly a million ...

Young adults are more likely to feel lonely than older age groups, says a study from the Office for National Statistics. The research found that almost 10% of people aged 16 to 24 were "always or ...