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 5: What IF British Politics experienced a 'youthquake'?
WhatIF? Podcast
33 minutes
4 years ago
Episode 5: What IF British Politics experienced a 'youthquake'?
Alisa Anwar is joined by Professor of Politics at Royal Holloway University (James Sloan) and digital campaigner at the Intergenerational Foundation (Liam Hill) to understand why young people are so underrepresented in British politics. With only 3% of 18-30 year olds becoming MPs, do young people even want to be involved? We talked to three young political enthusiasts (Ollie Lewis, Aisha Sembhi, and Tom Clabon) to find out more. So, what IF British politics experienced a ‘youthquake’?T...
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...
