David Kingman looks at the facts behind some worrying recent headlines about the NHS – and ponders what they really mean for different generations
Category: Intergenerational Justice
Younger Generations: Why we’re angry about Brexit
As part of our ongoing Vox Pop series, Hope Barker, IF supporter and student at Warwick University, gives voice to her generation’s anger and disappointment over the Brexit vote
See the UK’s intergenerational problems in two charts
David Kingman recommends a pair of charts which throw some of the UK’s intergenerational inequalities into sharp relief
The new Demography Prize for Young Researchers 2016/2017
Attention young academics! Another 10,000-euro prize is up for grabs for the best papers submitted on the subject of “Measuring Intergenerational Justice”. Deadline 1 July 2017. Felix Ireland reports
BBC research highlights “sky high” rental hotspots
David Kingman looks at some recent BBC research which shows where the least affordable places to rent in England are located
Review: Your money and your life, Episode 1, BBC Radio 4
David Kingman reviews the first episode in a new BBC radio series, which looked at the financial pressures facing families in their 20s in modern Britain
What can the UK University Sector expect from Brexit?
Felix Ireland, IF Volunteer, attempts to shed some light on the current state of affairs between the UK university sector and the EU, how this relationship could change in the event of Brexit and what the consequences for the current generation studying in the UK might be
IF research: student debt outweighs graduate premium
David Kingman looks at the widespread media coverage received by IF’s recent paper on the cost of higher education
New IFS research highlights growth of working-age poverty in the UK
David Kingman looks at the intergenerational aspect of wealth and poverty in the UK
Does the public think we should spend more on the NHS? (Part 2)
With increasing attention being paid to the NHS’s financial crisis, David Kingman looks at how the public say they think the NHS ought to be funded