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Ministers call for better tracking of teenagers at risk of dropping out of work or training in England

Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’

The Guardian - UK

An economic draft? Drive to get young Neets in the military divides opinion

Critics say high drop-out rate among under-18 army recruits make it a poor means of tackling youth unemployment

The Guardian - UK

Young people not in work or education: Latest numbers and trends

Nearly one in seven 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now classed as Neet.

Evening Standard

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Independence only way to save young Scots from ‘lost generation’, SNP warn

INDEPENDENCE is "the only way Scotland can escape", the SNP have argued in response to a new report warning of a “lost generation” ...

The National (Scotland)

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.

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Youth joblessness will rise for lost generation without urgent action – review

The number of young people not in in education, employment or training could rise to one in six by 2031, a review will say.

Evening Standard

Scrolling in bedrooms after midnight a driver of youth joblessness – Milburn

Young people are ‘sort of living in their bedrooms – they are on all the time, they’re never off,’ Alan Milburn said.

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in young Britons saying ill health is reason they are jobless, study finds

Share of 16- to 24-year-old Neets who report a work-limiting condition up 70% in a decade, says thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Give mayors more powers to tackle youth unemployment crisis, says Alan Milburn

Exclusive: Government’s work tsar warns that having young people not in work will create ‘long-term scarring effect’

The Guardian - UK

Our young people aren’t shirkers or snowflakes - they were failed by government policy. That changes now

The number of ‘neets’ is skyrocketing in Britain, another Tory failure. Labour’s plans for apprenticeships and training funds will turn this around, says secretary of state for work and pensions Pat McFadden

The Guardian - UK

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing

Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope? asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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The Independent UK

One million young people will soon not be in education or employment for first time in a decade

The number of so-called ‘Neets’ has risen by nearly 200,000 over the past two years

Fortune

Just a few years into joining the world of work, 4 in 10 Gen Zers are ready to quit and survive on unemployment benefits instead

Many Gen Z workers are already over the nine-to-five grind of work. A PwC report warns that the huge pool of unemployed young people—or NEETs—is about to get bigger.

Fortune

Over 4 million Gen Zers are jobless—and experts blame colleges for 'worthless degrees' for the rising number NEETs

One in 5 Gen Zers worldwide are deemed NEETs—not in education, employment, or training. The promises they received in school may be to blame.

The Guardian - UK

UK faces youth jobs crisis as number of ‘neets’ rises to almost 1m

Estimated 987,000 people aged 16 to 24 were not in education, employment or training in October to December

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Fortune

NEETS are not working by choice—but a 'perfect storm' is creating a pool of highly trained and willing workers who are the 'new unemployables'

A significant chunk of young NEETS are well-qualified and want to work, but just can’t land a job—and may never, new Korn Ferry report warns.

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