The number of people aged between 16 and 24 and not in employment, education or training, so-called Neets, rose to 1.01 million.

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Britain is facing growing concern over the number of young people classified as “NEET”, not in education, employment or training, as experts warn the country could be heading…

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

The Office for National Statistics said the number of young people not in work, education or training increased to a post-pandemic high of 1.01 million in the three months from…

The number of people aged between 16 and 24 and not in employment, education or training, so-called Neets, rose to 1.01 million.

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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.

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Nearly one in seven 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now classed as Neet.