HIGH rents have forced a fifth of working adults aged under 35 in England to move back in with family over the last year, according to research published yesterday.

Twenty per cent of adults aged 20 to 34 told homelessness charity Shelter they had moved in with parents or grandparents in the last 12 months after having had a taste of independence.

And nearly four in 10 — dubbed the “clipped-wing” generation — had never left the parental nest, adding to those who had moved back in.