'I don't have a buoyancy aid': Living without the Bank of Mum and Dad

Eleanor Bell is now 23, but was taken into care when she was 10. She grafted hard to do well at school and got a first-class degree from the University of Central Lancashire.

After graduating two years ago, she thought the playing field would even out. It hasn't.

Eleanor says she has applied for more jobs than she can count and had a handful of unsuccessful interviews.

She's currently living in her boyfriend's home outside Penistone in South Yorkshire, which…