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'Alarming' youth unemployment hits poorest communities hardest

The share of young people without jobs is nearing 15% and some school leavers are facing a near impossible battle.

Youth Unemployment Rises Again

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that youth unemployment has risen again. Rachel… Labour market statistics this morning show a decline in the unemployment r...

Youth Unemployment Reaches 11-Year High

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that unemployment has risen to 5% in a weakening job market. The picture is even worse for the yoof… Unemployment rose abov...

Canada’s youth unemployment surge called ‘crisis’ as policy pressures mount

Jobless rate hits 13.8% with no recession, raising alarms over long-term career damage

Rise in youth unemployment driving more to homelessness, UK charities say

Centrepoint warns young people facing ‘huge scarcity of work opportunities’ after Alan Milburn’s report on crisisThe growing number of young people not in work or education is driv...

Labour is accused of 'killing off' jobs as youth unemployment hits 12-year high

The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate among 18 to 24-year-olds now stands at 14.7 per cent, a rate not seen since late 2014.

Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Greece

Ensuring that the next generation can transition into the workforce is essential to a functioning society. Unfortunately, a troubling trend has emerged in some developed European c...

Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows

UK youth employment has fallen by 330,000 in three years, with the IFS warning the decline is closing in on Covid-era lows — and could scar a generation. Read more: Youth jobs in...

Calls for urgent reform as more than a million young people out of work

More than a million young people are currently out of work and not in education.

Labour market conditions have been worsening for young Canadians, according to a new Statistics…

Youth unemployment rate more than double national averageLabour market conditions have been worsening for young Canadians, according to a new Statistics Canada report that shows ho...

Korea unveils 'Youth New Deal' to tackle youth unemployment

The government unveiled Wednesday a package of youth employment measures aimed at supporting around 100,000 individuals, as the youth employment rate falls to its lowest level sinc...

Youth unemployment crisis costing UK £125bn a year, landmark review warns as more than 1m not in work or education

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

‘It makes me feel quite dehumanised’: young at London career fair lay bare barriers to jobs

UK capital is perceived as work hub – but as youth unemployment soars, many feel exiled from job marketWestfield White City is the biggest shopping mall in the UK and it is no stra...

Labour's minimum wage hikes blamed for fuelling highest youth unemployment since records began - with UK's 'lost generat...

Ex-Cabinet minister Alan Milburn said the cost to the country of the growing number of young people classed as Neets - not in education, employment or training - will rise to £125b...

Youth Employment is a £1bn opportunity

Youth unemployment is back in the spotlight and rightly so. With close to a million young people not in education, employment or training, the Government’s £1 billion youth employm...

UK risks £125bn hit a year from youth unemployment, landmark report says

Alan Milburn warns of ‘lost generation’ after number of young people not in work or education rises to more than 1m‘A record of failure’: what’s in first part of Milburn report?Tel...

What can the Dutch teach the UK about how to tackle the youth jobs crisis?

The Netherlands has the lowest rate of young people not in education, employment or training in the EUA shock government-backed report this week warned of the danger of a “lost gen...

‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest

A landmark report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education...

The Guardian view on jobs and training: boosting young people’s chances should be a national mission | Editorial

Colleges and placements can help the 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds who aren’t earning or learning. But what they need most is workFor a few days at least, political attention is fo...

Asia's next economic crisis may come from youth unemployment

Tackling joblessness: FG targets 3 million jobs for youths

He also called for changes in age limits for government jobs and proposed that youth-related political positions should be held by people aged 18 to 35 to ensure true youth represe...

Major high street chain warns over youth unemployment

'If you’ve got fewer jobs, then the people who suffer the most are those with the least experience' said the chief executive of Next.

'Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest

A landmark government-backed report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK wer...

UK risks ‘lost generation’ with young people out of work set to reach 1.25 million | Business reaction to Alan Milburn’s...

Ministers need to urgently tackle youth unemployment or one in six young people will not be in employment, education or training (NEET) within five years, a major review has warned...