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UK govt pledges 300,000 new work placements as NEET numbers top one million

The UK government has announced plans to provide 300,000 new work experience and training opportunities over the next three years as it seeks to tackle rising youth unemployment and economic inactivity.

The Times of India

Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election – as it happened

Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report

The Guardian - UK

300,000 new work placements pledged ‘to help young people build lasting careers’

The opportunities are said to be backed by some of Britain’s biggest employers, including Manchester and Gatwick airports.

Evening Standard

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Mr Milburn’s historic NEET review deserves cross-party support

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With his interim report about the crisis in youth employment, the former Labour minister has shown that poverty, economic exclusion, mental illness and hopelessness are the giant social evils of our time. But, as he points out, there is also hope

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on jobs and training: boosting young people’s chances should be a national mission

Editorial: Colleges and placements can help the 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds who aren’t earning or learning. But what they need most is work

The Guardian - UK

Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this

The new and excoriating account of the dire prospects for UK young people is a call to action. It could be the Beveridge report for our time, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Reversing minimum wage changes is no ‘easy solution’ to end Britain’s Neet crisis, Milburn warns

The former Labour minister warned against solely blaming the chancellor for the scale of the crisis facing the nation

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‘I’ve applied for 200 jobs and only had one interview’

Lily-Rose Bisson, 20, from Leeds, told The Independent that her five-month job search is beginning to feel never-ending

The Independent UK

UK risks a 'lost generation' of jobless young people

The UK stands at a crossroads as more than a million young adults find themselves adrift, disconnected from education, employment or training. Without immediate intervention, this alarming trend threatens to forge a generation marked by disillusionment.

The Economic Times

No easy solutions to fix youth unemployment crisis, says ex-Labour minister

Having a million young people aged 16-24 not in education or work is estimated to be costing the UK around £125 billion a year.

Evening Standard

Five numbers that show the scale of the UK’s youth unemployment crisis

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The Independent UK

The fall of entry-level jobs and the rise of a ‘bedroom generation’: Key takeaways from youth unemployment review

Alan Milburn’s review of youth unemployment lays bare the scale of the crisis affecting Britain’s young people. Here, The Independent runs through the report’s key findings

The Independent UK

What is a Neet? The term behind Britain’s growing youth unemployment crisis

The number of young people out of work or education has hit 1 million for the first time in over 12 years

The Independent UK

Labour poised for fresh welfare changes after scale of youth jobs crisis revealed

Alan Milburn’s landmark report says unemployment among young costs UK £125bn a year and warns of ‘lost generation’

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Evening Standard

UK’s youth unemployment crisis costing UK £125bn a year, review estimates

The number of people aged 16 to 24 in the UK not in education, employment or training could increase to one in six young people by 2031, it said.

The Guardian - UK

‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report?

The former minister paints damning picture of structural issues affecting 1 million young people in the UK

The Independent UK

Britain ‘at risk of a lost generation’ as Neet numbers hit post-pandemic high

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Evening Standard

More than one million young people not in work or education, says ONS

The number of people aged between 16 and 24 and not in employment, education or training, so-called Neets, rose to 1.01 million.

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The Independent UK

More than one million young people not in work, education or training, new figures show as Neet crisis laid bare

ONS says number of Neets increased to a post-pandemic high of 1.01 million

Evening Standard

Milburn backs Blair’s criticism of policies affecting entry-level jobs

The author of a review of youth unemployment suggested the current Government should rethink an uplift in the minimum wage.

The Times of India

What does NEET mean and why is Britain facing a ‘lost generation’ of 1.25m young people?

Britain is facing growing concern over the number of young people classified as “NEET”, not in education, employment or training, as experts warn the country could be heading towards a “lost generation”.

The Guardian - UK

Much of what Blair said in essay criticising Labour was wrong, says Starmer – as it happened

Starmer launches long defence of his record when asked about former PM’s essay critiquing current government

The Guardian - UK

US PCE inflation rate hits three-year high as Iran war pushes up prices – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as number of UK ‘Neets’ hits 12-year high

The Independent UK

UK facing ‘generational fault line’ over youth unemployment, review warns

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The Guardian - UK

Number of young people out of work or training in UK could hit 1.25m by early 2030s

Urgent action needed to avoid ‘lost generation’, says report by former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn

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