Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
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Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
Episode 10: What IF taxes didn’t unfairly target the young?
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3 years ago
Episode 10: What IF taxes didn’t unfairly target the young?
COVID-19 saw the government spend vast amounts of money – from the furlough scheme, test and trace programme to PPE and vaccines rollout. On top of this our nation went into lockdown, output stalled, and we saw a 9.7% drop in our GDP. Who should pay? Well, young people have being forced to shoulder the costs of social care reform and COVID-19 spending. That's not fair. The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank that exists to protect the interests of ...
WhatIF? Podcast
Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
