New analysis has found the the number of young people citing health problems as a reason for being out of work has risen sharply in the past decade
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New analysis has found the the number of young people citing health problems as a reason for being out of work has risen sharply in the past decade
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‘The rising number of young people who are not in education, employment or training is a crisis of opportunity ‘
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
Researchers sound the alarm as tens of thousands of young people are diagnosed each year
The number of so-called ‘Neets’ has risen by nearly 200,000 over the past two years
More than two jobseekers are now vying for each available position
‘No one wants to have a reputation for being unreliable and not turning up,’ resident doctors warned in an email about sick days
