The UK’s deficit is in the news again this week. In this article, IF researcher Conor Nakkan, takes a closer look at whether the UK’s current fiscal rules are fit for purpose.
Category: Government spending
Wellbeing on a budget? The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill’s insufficient support for children in poverty
Will the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill improve the wellbeing of children growing up in poverty? Asks 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.
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.
Children’s mental health is still not a valid concern for the government – The 2022 Mental Health Bill
Is children’s mental health being sufficiently supported by the government? Charlotte Foster, IF student volunteer, investigates as part of Children’s Mental Health Week.
Intergenerational Fairness and the Autumn Statement 2022
Carl M Groves, former College Principal, and IF supporter, calls on the new government to better protect the interests of younger and future generations in the 2022 Autumn Statement. Growth, tax and spending Whatever else the UK Conservative Government and Labour Opposition may disagree upon they are both very committed to achieving economic growth and… Read more »
Census 2021: An Ageing Society
Sylvan Lutz, IF researcher, analyses the latest England and Wales census population data released. Ageing population Census 2021 has confirmed what demographers have long been warning: the population of England and Wales is ageing. On the one hand, a miracle of modern society has led to longer lifespans; on the other, slowing birth rates alleviate… Read more »
Why we’re supporting the Stop the Squeeze campaign
As the UK is facing a massive cost-of-living crisis, high inflation and falling real wages, the Intergenerational Foundation is supporting the Stop the Squeeze campaign. Alec Haglund, IF Researcher, sets out the argument for why the government ought to implement the policies advocated by the Stop the Squeeze campaign in order to avoid the largest… Read more »
A budget for the wealthy, to the detriment of everyone else
A week on, Alec Haglund, IF Researcher, argues that the government’s 23rd September budget and the turmoil that has followed its announcement will lead to disastrous consequences for the economy as a whole, and hurt low- and middle-income workers and the prospects of the young the most. The direction the new government wants to take… Read more »
When the old suffer too: the cycle of intergenerational inequality
Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography of the School of Geography and the Environment of the University of Oxford, and the author of many books including All That Is Solid, Inequality and the 1%, and Injustice: why social inequality persists. In this blog, he explains how inequality between older and younger generations… Read more »