Category: Cost of living

Feeding off students, yet again

Posted & a filed under Cost of living, Education, Government policy, Higher Education, Student Debt, Student Loans, University, Young people.

In a week full of news, the government slipped out the announcement that student loan interest rates will be capped. That might sound like good news for students, but as Liz Emerson, IF co-founder explains, the young will be paying back much more than ever before, and for longer. The cap The retail price index… Read more »

Hit From All Sides: why the world isn’t working for Gen Z

Posted & a filed under Children, Cost of living, Education, Government policy, Intergenerational fairness, Millennials, Social issues, Young people.

In this article, student campaigner Lauren Roberts-Turner writes about the difficulties facing Gen Z, people in their teens and early twenties, and what kinds of changes are required to make the world work for younger people. A challenge facing the young Being young is an inevitable, if fleeting and often challenging, stage of life that… Read more »

Generations apart: how the intergenerational contract has weakened since 1952

Posted & a filed under Climate change, Cost of living, Future Generations, Generations, Government policy, Government spending, Housing, Intergenerational Contract, Intergenerational fairness, Poverty, Social issues, Young people.

The celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee are taking place over the upcoming weekend. To mark the occasion, the Intergenerational Foundation’s Digital Campaigns Officer Liam Hill considers, through the lens of the intergenerational contract, how the UK has changed over the last 70 years. It goes without saying: a lot has changed in the… Read more »

Packhorse Generation: how the cost of living crisis disproportionately impacts the young

Posted & a filed under Cost of living, Economics, Government policy, Higher Education, Housing, Mental health, Poverty, Student Loans, Taxation, Wellbeing, Young people.

On 7 June IF is hosting a webinar (sign-up here) on the cost-of-living crisis facing young people. In this article, John Hobby, IF researcher, explains the economic backdrop to the mounting financial pressures facing younger generations. Consumer price inflation hit 9% in April, a four decade high that will squeeze the spending power of the… Read more »

Spring Statement: compounding the cost of living crisis for young people

Posted & a filed under Cost of living, Economics, Employment, Finance, Government policy, Government spending, Intergenerational fairness, Poverty, Taxation, Young people.

On March 23, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his Spring Statement to Parliament, announcing a number of measures intended to alleviate the cost of living crisis. However, IF Co-Founder, Angus Hanton, argues that this package, combined with the government’s longstanding economic and fiscal policies, will do very little to solve the cost of… Read more »