Costs and delays for the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station just seem to escalate relentlessly. David Kingman reports
IFS: freezing the student loan repayment threshold has made tuition fees much more regressive
David Kingman looks at the findings of a recent report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies on the student loan system in England
BSA: UK has Europe’s largest generational divide over immigration
In the second of two blogs about intergenerational stories arising from newly-released British Social Attitudes Survey data, David Kingman explores attitudes towards immigration
BSA: state pension no longer public’s main priority for extra government spending
In the first of two blogs about intergenerational stories arising from newly-released British Social Attitudes Survey data, David Kingman looks at attitudes towards the state pension and welfare spending
National Audit Office: Hinkley Point C unlikely to offer value for money
A National Audit Office review of the Hinkley Point C deal agrees with the conclusion of IF’s previous research that it is likely to represent very poor value for taxpayers’ money. David Kingman reports
The Conservatives backtrack on intergenerational fairness – but did it really cost them votes?
In light of the Queen’s Speech and the Conservative-DUP deal, David Kingman asks whether the intergenerational policies in the Conservative Party election manifesto actually cost them votes
Is this really the “end of austerity” for young people?
The new Conservative government under Theresa May will abandon the austerity agenda of her predecessors. That is at least the claim. David Kingman looks for the evidence
YouGov: age “the new dividing line” in British politics
David Kingman reports on the most detailed analysis yet of how Britain voted at the 2017 general election
General Election 2017: waking up to the youth vote
The Labour Party saw it, and the Conservatives missed it: one thing in the recent election that really made its mark was the youth vote. Liz Emerson, co-founder of IF, explores the early signs of a significant shift
What could the general election vote mean for intergenerational fairness?
In the second of a pair of post-election blogs, David Kingman ponders what this outcome could mean for the future of intergenerational fairness