In the first of two blogs looking at young people and the 2017 general election, David Kingman assesses the impact that younger voters may have had on its outcome
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Could returning ex-pat pensioners break the NHS?
David Kingman looks at the findings of a new report on the possible implications of Brexit for the NHS
Are falling NEET numbers as good as they seem?
David Kingman asks whether falls in the number of young people who are outside the labour market are good news if they are doing “bad” jobs
New research: young people in social housing face huge impact from benefit cuts
David Kingman looks at new research into the controversial benefit reform that the government is pursuing
Election issue: would a higher minimum wage help young people?
David Kingman explores what the proposals to increase Britain’s minimum wage could mean for younger workers
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IF’s Advisory Board Members Craig Berry Craig Berry is a Lecturer at the University of Warwick and a freelance public policy researcher. He worked formerly as Policy Advisor at HM Treasury and Head of Policy at the International Longevity Centre. His book Globalisation and Ideology in Britain was published in 2011. Professor Danny Dorling Danny… Read more »
Intergenerational fairness: the key to the 2017 election?
David Kingman looks at what the UK’s major political parties have had to say about intergenerational fairness in their manifestos With barely two full weeks of campaigning still to unfold before Britain goes to the polls for the snap general election on 8 June, the major parties have now all launched their hastily-written manifestos. What… Read more »
Would abolishing zero-hours contracts help younger workers?
David Kingman looks at the evidence behind the Labour Party’s manifesto commitment to ban zero-hours contracts
How could the student vote affect the general election?
Ahead of the UK’s snap general election on 8 June, David Kingman looks at whether students could have a decisive impact on particular seats
The Right to Buy: Britain’s greatest intergenerational blunder?
David Kingman presents some recent evidence to suggest that the Right to Buy policy was a colossal intergenerational injustice