Antony Mason suggests that Jeff Randall’s TV report should be required viewing for anyone interested in today’s intergenerational issues.
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Fighting over EU Fish
Antony Mason looks at the laboured progress of the EU over the Common Fisheries Policy, which seems unable to address with sufficient urgency the threat to fish stocks and our fishing industry
Student Loan Agreements – what are you getting yourself into?
Billy Harding, a volunteer at IF and second year student at Exeter University, has been digging into the contract which new students will be signing up to for the loans – and doesn’t much like what he sees
“Plan B for Youth”: a real plan for action
Antony Mason sees much to commend in “Plan B for Youth”, launched by the think-tank Compass on 17 July
Good news: jobless total falls
Somewhat against expectations, today’s unemployment figures have moved in the right direction. For all generations? Antony Mason investigates
Loans for Higher Education: the dodgy dossier
Antony Mason argues that, even if they can’t do anything about being stuck with higher debts, university students still have cause for complaint about the terms which they are forced to agree to
Who should pay for old age care? The horns of a dilemma
Antony Mason looks at the intergenerational dilemma posed by the Dilnot Commission, and the new White Paper on social care
The Intergenerational Justice Review 2012
Antony Mason, Guest Editor of this year’s Intergenerational Justice Review, gives details of its content, and how it all came together
The Reith Lectures 2012
Antony Mason sings the praises of the first of this year’s Reith Lectures by Professor Niall Ferguson, which vividly draws attention to the intergenerational injustice embedded in today’s financial crisis
University tuition fees and CPI: another fine mess
Antony Mason encourages all readers to look at an extraordinary revelation: through an oversight, increased tuition fees could cost the government an extra £2.2 billion a year.