Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAlan Milburn, leading a government review, warns that Britain faces a “lost generation” due to rising youth unemployment, with over 1 million young people potentially locked out of work, education, and training by 2031. His interim report predicts the number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) could increase from one in eight to one in six, impacting 1.25 million individuals. Milburn attributes this crisis to a “failure of a system stuck in the past” and a severe lack of entry-level jobs, creating a “hopeless Catch-22” where young people cannot gain essential work experience. The report highlights a decline of 1.6 million low and medium-skilled jobs, a 35 per cent fall in apprenticeships over the past decade and halved hospitality vacancies, making the first rung of the career ladder inaccessible. It criticises the public spending imbalance, where £25 is spent on benefits for every £1 on youth employment support, with business leaders and charities urging urgent action to create more opportunities. In fullUK ‘at risk of a lost generation’ as 1.2m could be trapped in youth unemployment crisisThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
UK facing ‘generational fault line’ over youth unemployment, review warns
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAlan Milburn, leading a government review, warns that Britain faces a “lost generation” due to rising youth unemployment, with over 1 million young people potentially locked out of work, education, and training by 2031. His interim report predicts the number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) could increase from one in eight to one in six, impacting 1.25 million individuals. Milburn attributes this crisis to a “failure of a system stuck in the past” and a severe lack of entry-level jobs, creating a “hopeless Catch-22” where young people cannot gain essential work experience. The report highlights a decline of 1.6 million low and medium-skilled jobs, a 35 per cent fall in apprenticeships over the past decade and halved hospitality vacancies, making the first rung of the career ladder inaccessible. It criticises the public spending imbalance, where £25 is spent on benefits for every £1 on youth employment support, with business leaders and charities urging urgent action to create more opportunities. In fullUK ‘at risk of a lost generation’ as 1.2m could be trapped in youth unemployment crisisThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
