STUDENT Fern Gillon, 25, from Ayrshire, said that most young people would react with dismay at the lack of provision for them in the budget.

And she believes that the green measures contained in Chancellor Philip Hammond's speech don't go far enough.

She said: "I'm disappointed. I don't think there was much in there for young people."

Singling out the decision to extend the young person's railcard to 26-30-year-olds, giving a third off rail fares, Ms Gillon added: "Something like that is not enough to deal with the issues we are facing.

"We need actions on jobs with stability and getting a house. A slight travel discount doesn't cut it."

On the environment, she said that extra duties on diesel cars and a £220m clean air fund were a good start, but said that too much pressure was being put on individuals and not enough on companies.

Ms Gillon said: "All of this is being offset by the tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. This government likes to push things onto the individual and expect them to take action, but sometimes solutions have to come from the top.

"We hear there's low unemployment but the sort of jobs on offer are low wage, zero-hours contracts, no stability-type-of-jobs.

"Young people want to see something better than this. We wants the government to address the issues stopping us from getting decent work and houses that we could actually afford."