The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement broke the link between CPI and increases in benefits. So the unintended effect of the rise in tuition fees – potentially wiping out the deficit reduction that the scheme was supposed to achieve – has been averted. But public service pensioners will still gain. Antony Mason explains…
Category: Government Debt
The 2012 Autumn Statement: an intergenerational analysis
What did the 2012 Autumn Statement do for intergenerational fairness? David Kingman investigates
Winter Fuel Payments: opposition mounts
In an age of austerity, handing out Winter Fuel Allowance payments to wealthy over-60s is beginning to look increasingly indefensible
How will future generations defend themselves?
David Kingman explores the intergenerational dimensions of defence spending, asking whether we can ever know what future generations would want us to do
Talking about my generation
Mired in debt and a stagnant economy, Melissa Jane Knight tells us how the world looks if you’re in your late twenties – and urges all 16–30 year olds to put the case forward by entering the IF Film Competition
New Scottish Widows report highlights problems facing younger generations
David Kingman explores some new research which shows just how tough conditions for today’s youth will be as they progress through life
Young, Gifted and Broke? Our Film Competition
Liz Emerson explains why IF has launched the IF Film Competition, and raises some of the issues that should provoke young film makers to take up the challenge
How does the USA do on intergenerational justice?
David Kingman argues that the world’s most powerful country is storing up significant problems for future generations to deal with
What can we learn about pensions from the Victorians?
David Kingman and Duncan Steadman explore the history of the state pension, and why increases in life expectancy mean that changes are necessary
The 2012 British Social Attitudes Survey: What does the nation think of intergenerational fairness?
David Kingman explores the results of the 2012 British Social Attitudes Survey, which suggest the general public are growing less supportive of the welfare state in an age of austerity – and what this could mean for both younger and older generations