Uni costs 'big parental expense'

University costs have replaced weddings as the big expense parents are most likely to face for their adult children, a report has found.

Two in five (40%) of parents said they had helped their grown-up child with university costs, while just one in five (21%) have contributed towards a wedding, according to the research by f inancial services provider Standard Life.
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