The House of Lords Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Select Committee’s inquiry into intergenerational fairness has called for wide-ranging reforms to repair Britain’s intergenerational contract, including several eye-catching changes to pensioner benefits. How likely are they are to actually happen? David Kingman looks at what they said
Tag: intergenerational fairness
New research highlights the impacts of the UK’s housing crisis on British children
A range of evidence shows that children are becoming increasingly likely to live in the private rented sector, even though most young people say they would prefer to put off having children until they can afford to own their own place. David Kingman looks at what impact this could have on intergenerational fairness
How intergenerationally fair is raising Council Tax?
Recent research suggests that most local authorities in England and Wales will be imposing large Council Tax increases this year in order to address shortfalls in their budgets. David Kingman looks at what implications this could have for intergenerational fairness
UK is lagging behind other rich countries on protecting young people’s health, new report finds
A new analysis of trends in health outcomes for young adults across a wide range of rich countries shows that the UK is doing remarkably poorly. David Kingman explains
Book review: “Hired” by James Bloodworth – undercover in low-wage Britain
“Hired: six months undercover in low-wage Britain” paints a vivid picture of life in some of the toughest corners of the world of work. It also – as Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, reports – raises issues of intergenerational fairness
BBC News ranks Islington as the best place to be a young person in the UK
A new index from the BBC has attempted to identify the best places to be a young adult in the UK. What does that really mean, asks David Kingman, IF’s Senior Researcher, and does it raise some further questions about how we measure people’s quality of life?
University vice-chancellor pay: still a scandal
Are governing bodies demonstrating that they are heeding calls for pay restraint in the higher education sector? Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, investigates
What should the BBC do about the free licence fee for the over-75s?
David Kingman provides an overview of a key decision facing the BBC in the near future – which could have big implications for intergenerational fairness
Dilnot acknowledges intergenerational unfairness in social care costs
On Tuesday morning, 24 April, Angus Hanton (co-founder) and Chloe Wall (junior researcher) attended an Intergenerational Fairness Forum meeting at the Houses of Parliament, which discussed how to fund the increasing cost of social care. Chloe tells us more
What impact has monetary policy had on intergenerational fairness?
David Kingman looks at the findings of new research which suggest that unusual monetary policy since the 2008 global financial crisis has not made inequality in the UK worse