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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

Just 36% of young people believe life will be better than parents’, poll finds

Just 36% of young people expect their life to be better than their parents, a new poll has found (Steve Parsons/PA) -

Less than two fifths of young adults expect they will have a better life than their parents – with the number who think they will achieve this down by almost half in a year.

The second annual UK Youth Poll, which questioned some 2,000 16 to 29-year-olds across the country, found only 36% believe their lives will eventually be better than their parents’ – with this down from 63% in last year’s survey.

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