David Kingman reports on the recent interim report from the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee which looked at re-engaging young people with politics
Category: Taxation
The Barker Commission publishes its final report into the future of health and social care
David Kingman offers a summary of the ground-breaking proposal for a combined health and social care service which the Barker Commission launched last week
IEA: Next generation faces “crippling” tax rises as population ages
David Kingman reports on new research from the right-of-centre think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs which highlights the huge scale of the economic burden the next generation faces to pay for the rising costs of an ageing population
Think tanks propose radical reforms to make welfare state affordable
Two prominent think tanks have both recently published radical new proposals for ways we can keep the welfare state affordable as the population ages. David Kingman explains
IF Vox Pop: Will the state look after me when I’m old?
IF Vox Pop is a series of pieces expressing personal perspectives on the issues we raise. Here Ruby Joseph, IF volunteer and first-year A-level candidate, describes how the dice are loaded against her generation
Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission calls for pensioners to bear more of the costs of austerity
The first report from the Commission on Social Mobility and Child Poverty, chaired by former Labour MP Alan Milburn, has suggested that pensioners should be asked to do their bit for austerity, reports David Kingman
Wealth in the UK: book review
UK Wealth is highly concentrated, lightly taxed and held by older people. This is the conclusion drawn by Angus Hanton in his review of the recently published Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy (Oxford, 2013), written and edited by a number of leading academics at the London School of Economics
Alaska’s mining industry raises difficult questions about justice for future generations
David Kingman ponders whether we can ever claim to know what future generations will want, using the Alaskan mining industry as an example
Why are long-term liabilities so poorly understood?
David Kingman asks why so many people don’t seem to fully understand what liabilities are and why we should be concerned about them
Britain needs more tax revenue – but who will pay?
David Kingman reflects on a recent BBC radio programme which investigated which taxes are likely to rise after the next general election