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
Tag: taxation
Down and out, down under: Youth mental health in Australia
MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK. Sonia Arakkal, co-founder of Australian lobby group Think Forward, explains why the youth mental health crisis in Australia is a symptom of intergenerational inequality, and what can be done about it
England’s social care crisis: could Germany have the answer?
David Kingman looks at the lessons which the German social care system could offer reformers in England
Nothing is certain but ageing and taxes
With rising rents, staggering student debts and increasing inflation that cuts into already depressed real wages, are young people’s finances at (tax) breaking point? Could age-based taxation improve the intergenerational balance? Elliot Jones, IF Summer Intern, explores…
BSA: state pension no longer public’s main priority for extra government spending
In the first of two blogs about intergenerational stories arising from newly-released British Social Attitudes Survey data, David Kingman looks at attitudes towards the state pension and welfare spending
The party manifestos: an intergenerational audit
With election day looming, Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, assesses the Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem party manifestos to check their intergenerational credentials
Who should Young People Vote for this May? The LibDems?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects the LibDems