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The government spends more than twice as much on each pensioner as on each working-age Briton Many pensioners have gained from the triple lock on pensions as well as from measures such as subsidised bus and train travel. Photograph: John Keeble/Getty Images Many pensioners have gained from the triple lock on pensions as well as from measures such as subsidised bus and train travel. Photograph: John Keeble/Getty Images Sat 24 Apr 2021 12.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 24 Apr 2021 13.57 EDT One of...

North Sea Clean-up Costs ‘Likely To Double’ The UK government has under-estimated the country’s North Sea clean-up costs, which may double the expected price of decommissioning oil and gas. By Alex Kirby The UK’s North Sea clean-up costs – the price to be paid for decommissioning its oil and gas industry – will probably more than double, a British group says. The group is the Intergenerational Foundation (IF), an independent, non-party-political charity which works to protect the ...

Danby Bloch: Covid puts intergenerational financial planning centre stage             By Danby Bloch 2 nd February 2021 9:41 am The Covid-19 pandemic has put a fresh focus on intergenerational financial planning. The young have fared much worse than the old and need help. People in their 20s and 30s, for instance, are two and a half times more likely to work in vulnerable industries like retail and hospitality, and their finances are mostly much more prec...