The home-cooked meal remains, in the popular imagination at least, a hallmark of a happy, healthy family. But according to a new study, this rose-tinted view obscures the negative effects of home cooking - namely that mothers are still taking on the lion’s share of the work.

People in the UK love to cook. Nearly 60% actually prefer to cook at home rather than eat out. But they don't have enough time. Is meal subscription service Hello Fresh the answer? It gives the illusion of scratch cooking, with each meal taking only 30 minutes to put together.

In the UK, 75% of adults care about their home being clean – but only one in five put the time in to clean at the weekend. Perhaps it's down to laziness, being overworked, or rethinking priorities, but one million more people employ a cleaner than a decade ago.

Keeping a tidy home means making sure everything is in the right place. But while this sounds easy, a study has revealed the constant struggle people face maintaining this domestic order, and how they sometimes let themselves break the rules to avoid getting too stressed.