Young people in Britain have been consistently looked over by politicians over recent years, who favour older generations they deem more likely to vote. The pensions triple lock was introduced to tackle pensioner poverty. It's worked - pensioner are now less likely to be poor than working age adults or children in Britain. It's all reflected in the stats: - At age 30, Brits born in the 1980s earned on average 8% less than people born in the 1970s - Graduate pay for those aged 30-34 has fallen by 16% between 2007 and 2023 - Homeownership among 30-34 year olds has fallen by over 20 percentage points between 1986 and 2021 All of this is contributing to a yawning intergenerational wealth gap. Which makes the student loan situation even more infuriating – extortionate interest rates at RPI + 3% (at one point exceeding 7%), successive governments that froze the repayment threshold and dragged more graduates into more payments None of this is the fault of older generations. But I argue in my latest @thetimes column that it is no longer them who need the government's help. Reform of student loans might cost a few billion pounds a year, as estimated by @TheIFS. But consider that the pensions triple lock is estimated to cost £15.5 billion a year by 2029/2030. Is reform of student loans to help the young really so much to ask? thetimes.com/comment/columni…