We need a Secretary of State for the Young

Generational inequality won’t be solved without a cabinet counterweight

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Earlier this year, 30-year-old Labour MP Luke Charters stood up in the House of Commons and described Britain’s student loan system as “Frankenstein’s monster”. He told parliament that communication around Plan 2 loans felt like a “misselling scandal waiting to unfold”. Borrowers were, he noted, “never clearly told that the hig…