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The tacit deal between young and old to support each other through life could break down because of major problems with housing, work and tax, a 12-month parliamentary inquiry has concluded.The growth of the gig economy, soaring housing costs and fiscal giveaways for older people are driving a wedge between generations in Britain, according to a cross-party House of Lords inquiry into tackling intergenerational unfairness.The committee of peers average age 67 recommended policy changes that risk angering older voters, including axing free TV licences for the over-75s, delaying winter fuel payments and bus passes by five years, and removing the triple lock on the state pension that guarantees inflation-linked annual increases.To help the young, the peers are calling for councils to be given new rights to build housing on public land, more radical reform of private renting and an end to the use of gig economy workers by companies such as Uber and Deliveroo unless people explicitly want to work under those terms. If society continue
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