Why marriage is often just a pipe dream in the UK’s poor north-east

Joel Budd
10 April 2025, The Tablet

Out of wedlock

For his new book, Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class, Joel Budd spoke to parents in some places where marriage has become rare and relationships are often fragile.

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