IF Schools Essay Competition: Has Britain Robbed its Children?
The Intergenerational Foundation, in conjunction with the New Statesman, has just launched its Schools Essay Competition. Antony Mason gives a brief lowdown…“Has Britain robbed it children?” In many ways, that’s how it seems to the Intergenerational Foundation when we look at issues such as the colossal national debt, mounting pensions liabilities, a housing market closed off to all but the very wealthy, unwise government borrowing on public finance initiatives (PFIs), young people indebted for most of their careers by university tuitions fees etc.But how does it look to young people coming into adulthood? Maybe the picture is not as grim as that; maybe there is room for optimism – solutions to get us out of our economic mess.At IF we want young people to get thinking and writing about these issues. That is why we have launched an essay competition for A-Level students, in conjunction with the New Statesman.
The Intergenerational Foundation, in conjunction with the New Statesman, has just launched its Schools Essay Competition. Antony Mason gives a brief lowdown…“Has Britain robbed it children?” In many ways, that’s how it seems to the Intergenerational Foundation when we look at issues such as the colossal national debt, mounting pensions liabilities, a housing market closed off to all but the very wealthy, unwise government borrowing on public finance initiatives (PFIs), young people indebted for most of their careers by university tuitions fees etc.But how does it look to young people coming into adulthood? Maybe the picture is not as grim as that; maybe there is room for optimism – solutions to get us out of our economic mess.At IF we want young people to get thinking and writing about these issues. That is why we have launched an essay competition for A-Level students, in conjunction with the New Statesman.