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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 the major shifts in government spending over recent years has been away from young people and towar...

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 rights of younger and future generations in British policy-making. It says British children will fac...

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 precarious than their older relatives, according to the Intergenerational Foundation. In contrast, many ...