Britain’s broken social contract: Young people have lost faith in their future (opens in new tab)

For much of the post-war period, Britain offered young people a basic promise: if you work hard and do the right things, you can expect greater security and opportunity than the generation before you. That promise was never shared equally. But for many young people today, it feels not just frayed, but fundamentally fractured.Young people today are less confident in their future. They no longer believe that basic promise – hard work will pay off – to be true. This matters not only for their ow...