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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Recent figures suggest property prices and rents are moderating across the UK. But does this mean the housing crisis is easing for younger generations? Our latest blog unpacks the data 👇 #housingcrisis #rents #propertyprices www.if.org.uk/2026/02/24/i...
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Is the housing crisis getting better or worse? - Intergenerational Foundation
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The Freedom Pass has come under renewed scrutiny in London. Even if the proposed review does not go ahead, it raises a bigger question: should concessionary travel be based on age or need? Our latest blog explores the case for reform 👇 www.if.org.uk/2026/01/15/s... #Pensioners #London #Travel
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Should pensioners travel for free? - Intergenerational Foundation
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"On intergenerational fairness grounds, the mayor of London must stop this free travel bung to workers below state pension age.” Over-60s free travel 'costs £84m in lost revenue' www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Over-60s free travel 'costs £84m in lost revenue'
The photocard allows people aged 60 and over who live in London to travel on TfL services for free.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Across the #media and #politics, there appears to be an on-going narrative that something is fundamentally wrong in #Britain. Is Britain really “beyond repair”? IF researcher, Tobias Whelton, questions whether this is truly the case for young people: www.if.org.uk/2025/08/14/i...
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Is Britain beyond repair?
Is Britain “beyond repair”? Intergenerational Foundation researcher, Toby Whelton, questions whether this is truly the case for young people.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 14/08/2025
If you were turning 18 now, would you prefer to go to university or take some other career route? Go to university: 35% (-6 from 2018) Take some other career route: 53% (+9) yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“There is a powerful argument for intergenerational fairness in a society where inheritance, especially of property, dictates life chances, dividing ever younger cohorts into landowner and tenant classes.” Well said 👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on inheritance tax rises: to win the argument, ministers must build the case on fairness | Editorial
Editorial: IHT is unpopular, but voters can be persuaded if the argument is about levelling life chances for young people
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Come on #Boomers eye tests make road-safety sense: www.if.org.uk/2025/08/13/c...
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
If you don't want to pay tax, give your time...a great article for the #Boomer generation. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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If boomers don’t want wealth taxes they can give their time and skills | Phillip Inman
A nationwide volunteering programme designed to boost the economy could help mend a splintered society
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 07/08/2025
Angela Rayner is reportedly pushing to abolish the lower minimum wage rate for 18-20 year olds, a move most Britons support Min. wage should be same for all over 18: 67% (-1 from 2023) Should be lower for under 21s: 22% (+1) yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 31/07/2025
Spending on Canada's Old Age Security program is unsustainable ($96 Billion+ planned for 2027). Younger generations are suffering disproportionately with unaffordability. The fix for both? Review Canada's outdated tax shelters. www.gensqueeze.ca/protect_oas_... #cdnpoli
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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 29/07/2025
My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
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WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 29/07/2025
Why are basic life aspirations — like owning a home, raising a family, and living on a habitable planet — slipping out of reach for younger Canadians? Generation Squeeze's Hard Truths brings you the untold story about how the deck is stacked against younger people. #cdnpoli #Canada #Millennials
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Hard Truths Podcast
Generation Squeeze's Hard Truths podcast explores why our generational system is broken and how we can make Canada work fairly for all generations.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Rents up 21% in 3 years. Yet more evidence of the loaded dice young people face in trying to forge their own lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Monthly rents rise by £221 over three years, Zoopla analysis suggests
The monthly cost of renting rose just as fast as mortgage increases over the last three years, figures show.
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Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We’ve long campaigned for votes@16. Cohort sizes have given older voters more voting power. Widening the voter base, and giving a franchise earlier, both strengthen democratic participation. Now to sort out exclusions in VoterID.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Britain will never have high growth as long as it panders to the grey vote" #Discuss www.if.org.uk/2025/07/02/b...
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Britain will never have high growth as long as it panders to the grey vote
An article that argues that a low-growth economy in Britain is the inevitable result of a gerontocratic society.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Excellent report by @dmk1793.bsky.social offering a solution to the democratic deficit in the UK, part of which is due to cohort size, ageing and likelihood to #vote.
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
My new Constitution Society report on compulsory voting has now been published. I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
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Universal Suffrage? The problem of low and unequal turnout and the case for compulsory voting  - The Constitution Society
An authoritative new report from Dr David Klemperer advocates for the introduction of compulsory voting at UK general elections.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
IF's summer newsletter is out and covers benefit cuts, the spending review, the triple lock and our latest research: createsend.com/t/r-D8765D2C... Want your own copy in your inbox? Sign up at www.if.org.uk & scroll to the bottom of the page.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I'm all for trying to ease intergenerational tensions, but the people who are most opposed to reaching net zero by 2050 are literally those who will not be around to face the consequences.
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 07/07/2025
Canadian politicians are sidestepping the most important – and politically dangerous – question in our housing debate: Should home prices rise, stall or fall? Until we answer it, we can’t fix what’s broken in Canada’s housing system. bit.ly/4lzVuW8
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Calling all #EduSky share away…up to €5000 up for grabs #academic #callforpapers
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Calling all #EduSky share away…up to €5000 up for grabs #academic #callforpapers
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Two essay competitions now open! Win up to 5000€ and the chance to be published in an academic journal More info: www.if.org.uk/research-pos... #intergenerationaljustice #ClimateAction #intergenerationalfairness #gerontocracy #ageing #socialcontract
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Win up to 5,000 Euros in this essay prize
Research reports from the Intergenerational Foundation, on a range of intergenerational fairness topics.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
While there were some welcome announcements in the #spendingreview , the needs and interests of younger generations continue to be largely overlooked. Read our latest article: www.if.org.uk/2025/06/24/a...
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Was the spending review good for young people?
An article on the Spending Review by the Intergenerational Foundation which exists to protect the rights of younger and future generations.
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Healthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Concerning that so many areas of England show such a low uptake among students of cancer preventing HPV vaccination. The prevention message needs to be targeted and stressed more in schools in these areas. www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in adolescents in England: 2023 to 2024
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
In Canada, retirees are actively offering to take less in benefits “to better support those in need”
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
James it’s the relentless grey vote protection that we fear after the winter fuel debacle will mean no political party will dare to touch over-60s oyster unfairness, the 8% effective pay rise for over-65s excused from NICs, or the #triplelock profligacy sucking spending away from other generations
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The child poverty rate is one in three. The working age poverty rate is just over one in five. The pensioner poverty rate - according to AgeUK, who campaign on this stuff - is 18%. So children are almost twice as likely to live in poverty than pensioners
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Charley McC @charley62.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
That is why I am beyond embarrassed that the WFA bar has been set so high. Young people are the future of society and should be nurtured.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
While living in less living space by age: under-occupation increases amongst the over-65s, up from 47% in 08/09 to 53% in 22/23.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yes but they’re frittering their money away. Average rents increased by 46% between 2015 and 2025
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“just try harder”? Young people wanting more hours but can’t get them (caveat only up to 2023 so some post-Covid related jobs market suppression there)
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
As for earnings here’s the kicker - the over-60s experiences the strongest wage growth
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Let's break this down... a whopping 🔥170% increase 🔥 in the gap in spending on a child (receives less) than an older person (receives more) has emerged over 20 years!
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 12/06/2025
That's right. Our retirement support system here in Canada is outdated. It was developed in the 1950s to support seniors living in poverty but today an individual with $90,000 of annual income still gets full benefits. For a retired couple making $180,000/year that amount is $18,000. We need change!
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
In Canada, retirees are actively offering to take less in benefits “to better support those in need”
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 12/06/2025
This is the view of the "squeeze" on Millennials and Gen Z as seen in the UK. The SAME trends hold true here in Canada. For example: Poverty rates for seniors are half what they are for young people, yet the gap in total spending on children and retirees has widened!!!
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Callum @caln19.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
If you don’t think the absolutely crippling payments required to people over the age of 67, funded by a shrinking working-age population who can’t afford housing, isn’t a problem, you haven’t really looked into the subject
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 10/06/2025
The most disturbing thing about the winter fuel debacle is the chilling effect it'll have on any government which tries to think rationally about pensioner benefits and intergenerational fairness. We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Winter Fuel: Proof that Britain has come an old folks' home with a government attached
Welcome to the real Nanny State
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stephenashford.bsky.social @stephenashford.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
As a pensioner, I agree. Why should I enjoy a 20% marginal tax rate whereas my son pays income tax, NI, and student loan repayment. He needs the money more than me.
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Alex @pintofsimilar.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I bet her parents, like my parents, were convinced until their dying days they'd done it all through hard work and great decision making and not a confluence of luck and circumstance. (low interest rates, low house prices, comparatively high salaries, final salary pensions etc.) All of the "buts"
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SteelyCityDan @steelycitydan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My grandma bought a 3 bed house and paid the mortgage off in 10 years. She did this by herself, in her 50s, working as a secretary for a local firm. That would quite simply be impossible now.
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Link here, entire thread of similar stories and baffled, frustrated often first-generation graduate children struggling to afford their basic bills
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Can’t believe how much money my parents have amassed | Mumsnet
My parents started out with nothing, not a penny from their families. My mum was a dinner lady, Dad was a secondary school teacher. They paid off the...
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Really interesting and I think very insightful thread on Mumsnet about just how entirely different the intergenerational financial experience has been:
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My parents started out with nothing, not a penny from their families. My mum was a dinner lady, Dad was a secondary school teacher.

They paid off their mortgage in their 40s. As children we had a holiday abroad every year and multiple uk holidays throughout the year.

They had a lease car which would be replaced every 3 years with a new one.

They paid for mine and my sisters weddings and house deposits.

They’ve travelled all over the world in their retirement and I’ve just found out they have £200k in savings.

WTF?! DH and I have comparable careers, we run 1 old banger of a car, we have 1 uk holiday per year, we’ve stopped at 1 child, we’re on target to pay off our mortgage when we reach retirement, we have a grand total of £4k in savings. We don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t buy expensive clothes.
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thanks Tim, Between 2004-05 and 2023-24, real per-person government spending on pensioners increased by 55%, compared to just 20% for children. www.if.org.uk/research-pos...
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Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
NEW: Shocking gap in government spending on a child versus an older person is revealed: Over 20 years, real per-person government spending on pensioners increased by 55%, compared to just 20% for children. #spendingreview #childpoverty #intergenerationalfairness www.if.org.uk/research-pos...
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