Will the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill improve the wellbeing of children growing up in poverty? Asks Katie Porteous, IF student intern.
A generation scarred: NEET figures hit an 11-year high
UK policymakers must do more to prevent the rapid rise of NEET young people increasing, argues Katie Porteous, IF student intern.
The Chancellor’s welfare cuts are intergenerationally unfair
The welfare cuts announced in last week’s Spring Statement will disproportionately impact young people. IF Researcher, Toby Whelton, explains.
Durham epitomises the housing affordability crisis facing students
Has the student housing crisis improved in Durham? Katie Porteous, IF student intern and Durham student, investigates.
Young people’s despair is primarily due to the shattering of the intergenerational contract
IF supporter Daniel Harrison, economist, and author of Intergenerational Theft calls out the false media narrative against young people – and instead calls for Government to address the real issue – the breaking of the intergenerational contract which is blighting the lives of young people.
A strategic rebalancing? Reforming the State Pension to increase defence spending
In this article, IF researcher Conor Nakkan, considers how reforms to the State Pension could help to boost spending on defence.
The Spring Statement: What does it mean for young people?
Meera Saravanan, IF student researcher, looks at the Spring Statement from a young person’s perspective.
There is more than one version of “student loan fraud”
Paul Wiltshire, founder of University Watch and student finance campaigner, argues in his new report that the HE sector is mis-selling degrees to unsuspecting young adults and extracting fee income via student loans on an industrial scale.
Should younger generations support Commonhold?
The government has just released a Commonhold White Paper. Liz Emerson, IF CEO, outlines what it hopes to achieve and why younger generations should support it.
New research uses real-life outcomes to measure “intergenerational (im)balance” across Europe.
Professor Filip Chybalski and Dr Edyta Marcinkiewicz from Lodz University of Technology’s Institute of Management, explain.