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Right now, Britain is an awful place to be young. And, by young, I mean under 40 – perhaps, even, 45. Housing is expensive and in short supply. The cost-of-living remains high. Childcare support is meagre even where it is available, and if you dare to progress to a household income of more than £100,000 a year, it evaporates entirely.

Don’t forget, either, that young adults who went to university after 2012 and paid £9,000 a year, are, according to the Fairness Foundation , already battling “negative we

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