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‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

https://www.ftadviser.com/intergenerational-planning/2025/4/2/huge-intergenerational-unfairness-issue-in-pensions/

“Liz Emerson, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation told The i Paper: “Tilting the playing field once again away from young people by forcing them to save in ways that will supposedly encourage a domestic growth agenda is yet an intergenerational unfairness in action. “Younger savers need easily accessible shorter-term savings vehicles for deposits on home purchases,… Read more »

“But Liz Emerson, CEO of the Intergenerational Foundation, said the current system is “failing students, graduates, taxpayers and the wider economy”. She said: “The Government should remove these sky-high interest rates and lower the 9 per cent repayment rate. Doing so would put wage back into the pockets of graduates and stimulate the wider economy… Read more »

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/spare-rooms-gen-z-rent-home-owners-boomers-b2698378.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buying-selling/how-baby-boomers-fuelling-housing-crisis/

Dr Gerald Jordan (University of Birmingham) works to understand how young people make changes in their lives and their communities following serious mental health challenges. https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/helping-others-gives-people-so-much-meaning-their-life

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It’s a punishment for the young