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Big Issues: ‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
FT Advisor: ‘Huge intergenerational unfairness issue in pensions’
https://www.ftadviser.com/intergenerational-planning/2025/4/2/huge-intergenerational-unfairness-issue-in-pensions/
iNews: Cutting cash ISA will make it harder for first-time homebuyers, Reeves told
“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 »
iNews: More than 100,000 graduates face student loans over £100,000 they may ‘never repay’
“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 »
Independent: Why having a spare room is the next battle in the wars between generations
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/spare-rooms-gen-z-rent-home-owners-boomers-b2698378.html
The Telegraph: The uncomfortable truth behind baby boomers and Britain’s housing crisis
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buying-selling/how-baby-boomers-fuelling-housing-crisis/
The Psychologist: ‘Helping others gives people so much meaning in their life’
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
Big Issue: Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It’s a punishment for the young
Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It’s a punishment for the young
The Tab: Bristol SU publishes new initiatives to tackle student poverty amid cost of living crisis
https://thetab.com/uk/bristol/2024/10/17/bristol-su-publishes-new-initiatives-to-tackle-student-poverty-amid-cost-of-living-crisis-62021