The government drafted in former Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland to help get more young people into work

Retail bosses have called on the Prime Minister to set out urgent measures to tackle youth unemployment or risk stifling opportunity.

Official figures show that the number of young people neither working nor learning has jumped beyond one million for the first time since 2013.

The government drafted in former Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland to help get more young people into work

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