Labour's worklessness tsar will pave the way for a package of recommended changes to be unveiled in the autumn

A high-tax, low-growth economy offers poor foundations on which to try and build a healthy jobs market - no matter how many reviews you order

Alan Milburn warned that just £1 is spent on getting young people back into work for every £25 spent on benefits

Labour's worklessness tsar will pave the way for a package of recommended changes to be unveiled in the autumn

Alan Milburn, the Blair-era health secretary, is set to publish a review into young Neets on Thursday, looking over welfare and recruitment.

It comes as ex-Labour Cabinet minister Alan Milburn publishes his first major government-commissioned report into the number of ‘Neets’ - those not in education, employment, or…

Young people not in education, employment, or training face ‘hopeless catch-22’, Alan Milburn warns

Urgent action needed to avoid ‘lost generation’, says the former Labour health secretary’s report, due on Thursday

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In a sobering assessment in his long-awaited report, Alan Milburn says the number of so-called Neets is on course to jump by a quarter to 1.25million.

Alan Milburn, the Blair-era health secretary, is set to publish a review into young Neets on Thursday, looking over welfare and recruitment.

Milburn warned that the number of young Neets could rise to 1.25m within five years, with the current level already standing at 957,000.

Alan Milburn warns of ‘lost generation’ after number of young people not in work or education rises to more than 1m

Alan Milburn’s review into youth unemployment lays bare the scale of the crisis affecting Britain’s young people. Here, The Independent runs through the report’s key findings

A new report by Alan Milburn warns 1.25million young people could be out of work, training or education within the next five years, known as 'Neet'. Three major charity leaders…

Britain risks creating a "lost generation" as the number of young people out of work and education surges, a government-commissioned review warned Thursday.

The former Labour minister warned against solely blaming the chancellor for the scale of the crisis facing the nation

For years, Britain’s welfare debate has revolved around one question: how can we prevent the spiralling numbers of people moving onto benefits, particularly among the young. It…

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 Government's worklessness tsar has suggested disability benefits must be redesigned to help support youngsters into work rather than focusing on what they 'cannot do'

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…