Budget 2017 did nothing to redress the inequitable and age discriminatory policies adopted during recession in response to youth unemployment. In fact, the decisions taken in this budget reaffirmed the intergenerational inequality reflected in public policy in response to young people of work age. The policy decision to award a lower level of increase in Jobseeker’s Allowance to young jobseekers in Budget 2017 was mean-spirited and reinforces the continuation of a regressive and inequitable policy.