The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, recently announced plans to release parts of London’s green belt for housing development. This announcement follows the release of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, which also aims to loosen planning restrictions to increase housing supply. In this article, IF researcher, Conor Nakkan, explains why these measures only address… Read more »
Category: Intergenerational fairness
Fiscal rules: Made to be broken?
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.
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.
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.
The 2025 Spending Review: Why young people deserve a better deal
The 2025 Spending Review is an opportunity to provide feedback on government spending priorities, propose new policy ideas, and influence departmental budgets and resource allocation. In this article, IF researcher Conor Nakkan, outlines IF’s submission to the Review.
New research calls the lack of government investment in youth mental health an ‘intergenerational injustice’
New research calls the lack of government investment in youth mental health an ‘intergenerational injustice’. Sophie Webb, student researcher at the University of Birmingham, explains.
The Burdens of borrowing: Government debt and intergenerational fairness
Why is the government’s debt and borrowing an intergenerational fairness issue? Conor Nakkan, IF researcher, explains
Blowing the budget: IF’s new report on young people’s spending
IF’s new report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” has just been published. The report’s author and IF researcher, Toby Whelton, talks us through the key findings of the report and what it tells us about the financial pressures facing young people.
Intergenerational Fairness Day: what can future generations do for us? A reflection from the Netherlands
As part of our series of articles around Intergenerational Fairness Day, Vidya Giridharan and Michael Münker, of milliongenerations.org in the Netherlands reflect on what future generations can do for us
Vindication – London Mayor Sadiq Khan admits housing crisis is “creating intergenerational inequality like we’ve never seen before”.
This admission from a leading Labour politician is an astonishing breakthrough for the Intergenerational Foundation and its campaign for intergenerational fairness. Daniel Harrison, IF supporter, economist, and author of Intergenerational Theft explains the significance of this revelation.