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Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from the Pyramid and Parr Hall in Warrington and asks if today's young are being expected to pay too much for the baby boomers.

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition of The Big Questions from Pyramid and Parr Hall in Warrington and asks just one question: are today's young being expected to pay too much for the baby boomers?

Amongst those taking part are president-elect of the NUS Toni Pearce, professor Vanessa Burholt from the Centre for Innovative Ageing in Swansea, Angus Hanton from the Intergenerational Foundation, the former old-age tsar professor Ian Philp, Dr Patrick Nolan from Reform, author of Jilted Generation Ed Howker, Heather Wakefield from Unison, Karen Phillips from Jewish social care charity The Fed, Jonathan Clatworthy from the Modern Churchpeople's Union, Sufi Muslim Haras Rafiq, Janet Moore from Independent Age, and Elsie Richardson, an 87-year-old PhD student.

1 hour

The Big Questions featured in this episode

Are today’s young being expected to pay too much for the baby boomers?

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June 23rd Brighton - for the final edition of this series

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterNicky Campbell
EditorJill Robinson
DirectorRob Hopkin
ParticipantTom Pearce
ParticipantVanessa Burholt
ParticipantAngus Hanton
ParticipantIan Philp
ParticipantPatrick Nolan
ParticipantEd Howker
ParticipantHeather Wakefield
ParticipantKaren Phillips
ParticipantJonathan Clatworthy
ParticipantHaras Rafiq
ParticipantJanet Moore
ParticipantElsie Richardson

Broadcast

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The last edition of this series will be on Sunday June 11th.