This morning we had a helpful report from centre-right think-tank Reform telling us young people have never had it so bad - my initial reaction to which was 'thanks for telling me the bleeding obvious'.
Somehow I doubt it takes a report written by a professor at Imperial College London for most people under age of 35 to realise they are paying through the nose already, and will continue to do so for many years to come, to support the baby-boom generation. House prices have skyrocketed so anyone earning less than £25,000 should, in my view, probably be advised NOT to try and attempt getting onto the property ladder as, in all fairness, finding a property worth less than £100,000 these days is pretty hard work unless you want to live in a shoebox. (And don’t come back at me with suggestion...
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