Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

Young people were in a ‘rejection economy’ where they were failed by education, employers and social media companies, Hyman said. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Schools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”.

Peter Hyman, a former adviser to Tony Blair and Keir Starmer, told the Guardian the government should ban social media and enact radical education reform to tackle the “national scandal” of young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet).