The fall in global oil prices has been one of the most significant economic trends over the last 12 months. David Kingman asks whether or not this is a good thing for future generations
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Oxford undergraduates to join IF in 2015
Liz Emerson announces new undergraduate placements at IF for 2015, and sets this in the context of IF’s policy towards work experience and internships
Government announces new plans to help over-50s jobseekers – but are young people being given enough help?
David Kingman reports on the recent news that the government is going to give unemployed people in their 50s extra help with finding jobs, and highlights the lack of help going towards young people
Universities are booming, new UCAS figures show
David Kingman reports on the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which show that more young people than ever are entering higher education – but who is thinking about the cost?
Could cities be part of the solution to climate change?
IF supporter Tim Lund offers his views on the talk Sir David King, the government’s former chief scientific advisor, gave to the Ashden Awards
Review: “Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us” by Professor Sir John Hills
David Kingman reviews an insightful book about how the welfare state operates in the UK
New report by Shelter calls for reform of private renting
David Kingman introduces a new report from Shelter, which argues that we need major reforms to protect tenants from bad landlords
Student vote could swing 2015 general election, argues new report
David Kingman looks at a new report which argues that the student vote could be an important demographic at the upcoming general election
Will stamp duty reforms help first-time buyers?
David Kingman weighs up whether the reforms to stamp duty that Chancellor George Osborne announced in his recent Autumn Statement will make it any easier for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder
The emerging intergenerational pay gap
In the seventh and last of our week-long series of articles on intergenerational themes co-published with the independent public policy think tank ResPublica, Antony Mason of the Intergenerational Foundation explains how the young and working-age households are carrying more than their fair share of the post-financial crisis austerity