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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s

Young people standing around outside a Job Centre Plus office
Youth unemployment is running at 15.3%, more than three times the headline jobless rate for people over the age of 16. Photograph: Marcin Rogozinski/Alamy

Keir Starmer has been warned that Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming a “lost generation” on his watch as it emerged almost half of all jobs shed since Labour came to power are among the under-25s.

With the government under fire before the autumn budget, Guardian analysis shows the dramatic leap in UK unemployment to the highest levels since the Covid pandemic is being fuelled by a youth jobs crisis.

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