The UK has endured years of punishing austerity – but might the Government have to cut back even further? David Kingman explains.
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How can we transform education to deliver more growth?
David Kingman argues that the UK will need a growing army of highly-skilled workers in order to generate growth in the future – so how does our education system need to change to help make this a reality?
New evidence shows young adults have suffered most from the recession
David Kingman examines new findings from the IFS
Is the Help to Buy scheme leaving young homeowners in “indentured servitude”?
A prominent City economist used this phrase last week to describe the impacts of Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing policy. David Kingman asks whether this is a fair assessment.
New report argues that postgraduate study has become an “exclusive golf club”
David Kingman examines the criticisms of the UK system for postgraduate study made in a recent report by the Sutton Trust
New research suggests young Britons are more liberal than any previous generation
David Kingman examines the evidence that young Britons have become exceptionally liberal
Can the EU help solve youth unemployment in the Eurozone?
David Kingman asks whether the EU’s “Youth Opportunities Initiative” can do much to combat the very high levels of youth unemployment amongst member states
What is the state pension for?
David Kingman argues that the UK needs to radically rethink the role of its state pension, for the good of both young and old
Could the age profile of party members make it harder for politicians to touch universal benefits?
David Kingman ponders whether politicians are reluctant to reform universal benefits partly because they know it risks alienating their grass-roots members
Review: The Great University Gamble by Andrew McGettigan
David Kingman reviews a new book which attempts to get to the bottom the dramatic changes that are currently sweeping through England’s higher education sector