‘Economic catastrophe’: Social media and welfare state ‘to blame’ for youth unemployment

Economics

Social media and the welfare state are pushing Britain towards an “economic catastrophe” over youth unemployment, a landmark government review has found. Smartphones have “rewired” the brains of young adults and left them trapped in unemployment, former health secretary Alan Milburn has found in an official report commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer. Labour ordered the [...]

Rachel Reeves oversees borrowing spike as benefits spending offsets tax haul

Economics