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UK Labour Govt Tells Jobless Youth to Consider the Army as Worklessness Hits Record High

With youth unemployment hitting a record high of 1 million, the government is promoting the Armed Forces as a 'gold standard' alternative to university.

International Business Times UK

Young Britons feel disconnected and locked out of creative arts, charity says

Research for Roundhouse in London shows 87% of 18- to 30-year-olds believe they have fewer artistic opportunities

The Guardian - UK

Richard Murphy: Are there too many unemployed young people? If so, it's on Labour

WHY are unemployment and alienation from the workplace such persistent problems among young people that they have consistently existed under…

The National (Scotland)

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A generation of young people has been let down by a lack of political will

Letters: Readers respond to the release of Alan Milburn’s report into the rise of young people not in education, employment or training

The Guardian - UK

The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU

The Guardian - UK

Former M&S boss to help government address youth unemployment crisis

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The Independent UK

Is Scotland's Neet rate better than the the whole of the UK?

SCOTLAND has lower rates of young people not in employment, education or training than the rest of the UK. Or does it?

The National (Scotland)

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Starmer hires ex-M&S chief to tackle youth unemployment crisis

Marc Bolland has been tasked with convening business leaders to help address the number of young people not in education, employment or training after a bombshell report revealed the problem costs £125billion a year

The Independent UK

Former M&S chief appointed to tackle UK youth unemployment crisis

Part of Marc Bolland’s government advisory role will be to help disabled or depressed young people to find training or job

The Guardian - UK

Former M&S boss Marc Bolland to help ministers tackle Neet problem

Mr Bolland will also advise Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden.

Evening Standard

1.25 million young Britons could be jobless by 2030 as homelessness rises, government-commissioned report warns

Britain's youth face a grim reality of job scarcity and housing insecurity, with a 6% surge in homelessness and a projected 25% rise in 'Neet' individuals. Young people like Josh and Faye are sending thousands of applications for scarce entry-level jobs, often facing rejection and struggling to find affordable housing.…

The Times of India

Rise in youth unemployment driving more to homelessness, UK charities say

Centrepoint warns young people facing ‘huge scarcity of work opportunities’ after Alan Milburn’s report on crisis

The Guardian - UK

UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis

Exclusive: Some fear raising rate for people aged 18-20 will exacerbate unemployment while others point to lack of evidence

The Guardian - UK

What can the Dutch teach the UK about how to tackle the youth jobs crisis?

The Netherlands has the lowest rate of young people not in education, employment or training in the EU

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths

Education should prepare young people for dealing not only with practical things such as insurance, pensions and taxes but also with tech and mental health, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Times of India

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 Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

The Independent UK

‘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 Economic Times

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.

Evening Standard

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.

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