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The shocking gap in government spending on a child versus an older person is revealed in our latest report:
Between 2004-05 and 2023-24, real per-person government spending on pensioners increased by 55%, compared to just 20% for children #spendingreview
if.org.uk/research-posts/a-g…
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Took >6 years to get to this point. Now it's apparently all cancelled. Luckily there's no rush: It's not like we have a housing crisis, or that Cambridge's house price to salary ratio is one of the highest in the country, or that the UK needs growth.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv…
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Not nearly enough xitter.cf/DanNeidle/status/19552…
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Look at the board of any London headquartered FTSE company
Most will have board members aged over 60
Insane that they can travel to a board meeting in London for free, while the youngster serving their coffee has to pay to get there.
"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' bbc.com/news/articles/c79l77…
60+ Oyster card could be reviewed after figures show it cost TfL more than three times its funding gap, FOI reveals - Asian Standard Newspaper asianstandard.co.uk/60-oyste…
Well worth following this thread @RepPlanningGrp
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I am so serious when I say that the 32% of people that oppose free bus travel for under 22 year olds should be identified and sent to the moon
An island of people addicted to misery that only wants to inflict further misery on the younger generation
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So…the group that GETS FREE BUS TRAVEL, opposes it for young people who have significantly less money and uses public transport more frequently.
The privilege and entitlement of the Boomer generation never ceases to amaze me.
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Under 22’s literally screwed up two years of their lives so older people could LIVE. This is how they get treated. We really need to strip ungrateful boomers of their unearned entitlements so they stop leeching off everyone else.
Throwing kids under the bus again to feed the vampiric uni sector...Is 40 years of repayment not enough? How about 9% taken from salary every year if young grads manage to earn Nat Min Wage of £25,000? When will governments accept that marketisation of #highed failed?
EXCLUSIVE @theipaper: Ministers are considering changing the law to increase tuition fees in line with inflation each year.
Could be accompanied by more generous maintenance to sugar the pill.
Link in thread below👇
Intergenerational Foundation retweeted
So let’s remove the 60+ oyster commuter freebie @BorisJohnson gave to those below state pension age then?
Intergenerational Foundation retweeted
perhaps because Senior Citizens did not receive free travel when Gareth was young, they should not receive today.
perhaps because Senior Citizens did not receive free travel when Gareth was young, they should not receive today.
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My 17 yr old has an annual bus pass to get to school (7 miles one way). £650 a year! I couldn’t believe it at first. Previous school was similar distance but by train at half the cost.
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Are we surprised by this point…
Never have an older (boomer) gen tried to shit on the younger ones so much.
Unsurprisingly the demographic that receives the most free bus travel is also the demographic most likely to oppose it for struggling younger generations
Is Britain “beyond repair”? IF researcher, Toby Whelton, questions whether this is truly the case for young people:
if.org.uk/2025/08/14/is-brit…
“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.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
