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Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington

Markets Brief, UK brief (2026-08-09): Most people think Britain is not working as it should. For young people, the situation is at its most acute: only one in four believe that everyone in society… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington

Most people think Britain is not working as it should. For young people, the situation is at its most acute: only one in four believe that everyone in society has a fair crack. Most think the game is rigged.

It is clear why the generation who grew up during the post-2008 crash austerity years and in the shadow of the Covid pandemic are downbeat: the level of public service provision their parents enjoyed is gone, living costs are rising, the AI revolution is changing everything, and the planet is on fire.

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