Angus Hanton, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation, sets the scene for our Housing Blog Week (9–13 March) and explains why housing is such an urgent and topical intergenerational issue
Category: Intergenerational Justice
Conservatives pledge to support universal pensioner benefits as general election looms
With barely 10 weeks to go until the 2015 general election, Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to keep all universal benefits for pensioners if he remains in power
Osborne extends pensioner bonds scheme until the election
David Kingman reports on the decision by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to extend the government-subsidised pensioner savings bond scheme, and the intergenerational implications
Can Europe Do Better?
Liz Emerson reports on a European study that aims to give young British people a voice on the future of Europe
Conservatives considering making pensioners opt into winter fuel payments
David Kingman comments on the recent suggestion that the Conservatives might make pensioners opt into winter fuel payments if they are elected next May
Fashion and Politics: I Stood Up at the House of Lords
Anna Fitzpatrick, from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF), announces the “I Stood Up” event at the House of Lords on 24 February, and explains how fashion can help boost voter participation among young people at the upcoming general election
Austerity has hit younger generation harder, study finds
David Kingman reports on the findings from a recent analysis of the Coalition’s austerity policies by a group of researchers from the LSE which suggests young people’s services have borne the brunt of the cutbacks
February 5th is National Voter Registration Day
David Kingman alerts IF supporters that 5 February is the official National Voter Registration Day
Will Britain’s next government be able to take long-term decisions?
David Kingman ponders whether the new government that will emerge after the next general election – whatever its composition – will have enough of a mandate to take the really big decisions on important intergenerational issues
Housing’s intergenerational divide is reaching a tipping point
Dan Wilson Craw, Communications Manager at the campaigning organisation Generation Rent, explains the destabilising trend of the growing rental market and spreads the word about their Rent Freedom Day on 4 February