UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace

More than half of the UK’s 946,000 Neets have never worked. Photograph: skynesher/Getty Images

An “anxious generation” of young people is struggling to adapt to the outdated world of work, according to the government’s jobs adviser.

Alan Milburn, a former Labour health secretary, will say this week in a report that businesses must adapt by offering more flexibility and mental health support for young people to stave off an “economic catastrophe.”