The main parties’ manifestos have abandoned intergenerational fairness in bid to win the grey vote, says IF Co-Founder Angus Hanton
IF Manifesto Audit 5: Social Care
How intergenerationally fair are the promises being offered by different parties on social care? IF Junior Researcher Melissa Bui takes a look…
IF Manifesto Audit 4: Housing
David Kingman looks at what the different party manifestos have to say about housing policy ahead of the 2019 UK General Election
IF Manifesto Audit 3: Environment
With the election looming on 12 December, Cameron Leitch (IF placement) details the various environmental policies that parties are offering the electorate in their manifestos, and evaluates them in terms of intergenerational fairness
IF Manifesto Audit 2: Education
With less than a week to go until the 2019 General Election, Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, gives a whistle-stop tour of what the different parties are offering on education – from pre-school childcare through to further and higher education finance
IF Manifesto Audit 1: Mental Health
IF Junior Researcher Melissa Bui looks what different parties are promising on mental health ahead of the 2019 UK General Election
Protestors, de-escalators, and learning from the young
There can be no bigger issue of intergenerational justice than preserving the planet for future generations. But Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, admires the persuasive restraint of Extinction Rebellion
Who are the young environmental activists fighting for better environmental policy?
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate change activist, has made quite the splash within world politics in recent months; however, she is not the only young climate change activist contributing to the environmental movement. Cameron Leitch (IF Placement) takes a look at three more young activists and their fight to tackle environmental policy
Should Millennials stop saving for the future? Five reasons why to carry on saving
Would-be young savers should not be discouraged, argues Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF – and there are ways that government could valuably give them a helping hand
Climate activism – is there any point to it?
Most protests fail to trigger substantial change in policy. What makes the recent wave in climate activism, which many young people have passionately participated in, any different? Mattias Nilsson, a MSc Economics Graduate from University College London, explains why the current climate change movement has captured the interest of the general public, businesses and politicians… Read more »
