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 6: What IF we analysed 'Generation Covid'?
WhatIF? Podcast
32 minutes
4 years ago
Episode 6: What IF we analysed 'Generation Covid'?
COVID-19 has seen the Government spend hundreds of billions of pounds in order to protect primarily the health of older generations. In fact by March 2021, the total amount spent passed £400 billion. That’s the highest rate of government borrowing outside war time! In our final podcast episode we’re going to take a look back at a year of intergenerational injustice due to the pandemic. I’ll be taking you on a whistle-stop tour of key events since the first lockdown, discussing record breaking...
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...
