The 2021 Budget is done and dusted. Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, looks at the highs and lows for younger and future generations, using the lens of intergenerational fairness – on a Budget that the Chancellor called “honest” and “fair”
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Reflections on WIFW 2020: COVID-19 edition
For a second year, the Worldwide Intergenerational Fairness Week (6–12 July 2020) has been marked by a series of blog articles from around the globe – this time focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on young people. As the world tentatively emerges, blinking, from lockdown, the international public sphere seems in agreement: this… Read more »
Academic Prizes: Archive
The Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly promote and award two biennial prizes, in alternate years: the Demography Prize and the Intergenerational Justice Prize. A total of €10,000 – generously endowed by the Stiftung Apfelbaum – is awarded each year and divided among the winning entrants. Intergenerational… Read more »
Number of people aged 90 and over reaches a new high
Recent data released by the ONS demonstrate that the population of people aged 90 and over is still growing, although at a slower rate than observed in the previous year. IF Junior Researcher Melissa Bui explores what this means for younger generations
Knife crime and government cuts to youth services
Knife crime cannot be written off a merely a symptom of gang culture, writes Sylvie Markes: it reflects a deeper and broader societal malaise which austerity cuts have exacerbated. But government policy can make a difference
The rise of the “very old adult” and the crisis in social care
IF researcher Holly Metcalf looks at the troubling statistics predicting the growing need for old-age care, and the inadequacy of provision to cope with it
Public Accounts Committee sharply criticises Hinkley Point deal in new report
David Kingman reports on the latest criticism of the government’s plans to build a new nuclear power station on the south coast of England
Recent research paints a grim picture of child poverty in the UK
David Kingman looks at several recent pieces of research which suggest that the UK is sliding backwards on children’s and young people’s living standards
Government pledges to help young people at Conservative party conference
David Kingman looks at the two big promises which the Tories have made to try to reach out to younger voters during their party conference
Germans train — Higher education, apprenticeships and lessons from Europe
With the government seemingly committed to increasing participation in higher education, IF summer Intern, Rohin Burney O’Dowd, looks to Germany for answers.