When it comes to youth employment, the UK has a growing problem.
The number of people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (Neets) has reached nearly one million, or 13.5 per cent of all 16-to-24-year-olds. The unemployment rate for young people from February to April was 16.2 per cent, up from 14.3 per cent the year before.
And the number of Neets could rise even further, to 1.25 million within five years, without urgent action, according to a recent report.
Yet elsewhere in Europe, the picture looks very different.
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