Ministers call for better tracking of teenagers at risk of dropping out of work or training in England
Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’The gov...
Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights against costs backlash
Kate Dearden says reforms such as enhanced sick pay simply bring UK into line with other big economiesLabour’s radica...
How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EUAs the 10th an...
Ask for help, take chances and be kind to yourself: readers’ tips for young jobseekers
People with careers in the UK and beyond offer practical advice for those struggling to secure workAbout 1 million 16...
Record number of young people fear long-term unemployment
Report says confidence among 16- to 21-year-olds has fallen sharply as they doubt hard work will be rewardedYoung peo...
Young, ambitious and out of work: ‘I’ve gone from Oxford to zero jobs. It’s a bit of a fall’
About 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds are not in employment, education or training – and the obstacles they face are bi...
UK’s biggest retailers urge government to act on youth unemployment
Bosses of M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco among those writing to Starmer that the ‘ladder of opportunity’ is wobblingW...
Pilot ‘hyperlocal’ job support scheme in England shows promising signs of effectiveness
Government-funded JobsPlus trial in 10 neighbourhoods could be scalable nationwide, evaluation showsWe would like to ...
UK companies opting to hire temporary workers over permanent staff, recruitment firms say
Report blames Middle East conflict and rising business costs for fragile jobs market and steep fall in recruitmentUK ...
Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall
Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automationLiz Kendall has insisted Labou...
An economic draft? Drive to get young Neets in the military divides opinion
Critics say high drop-out rate among under-18 army recruits make it a poor means of tackling youth unemploymentYoung ...
Ella Baron on the UK’s youth unemployment crisis – cartoon
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Disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems | Richard Partington
Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about h...
Former M&S chief appointed to tackle UK youth unemployment crisis
Part of Marc Bolland’s government advisory role will be to help disabled or depressed young people to find training o...
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 governm...
‘Instagram truly is the new LinkedIn’: why gen Z is using social media to get hired
In this competitive market, gen Z has started to turn to untraditional ways to land a job – including dating appsSibu...
A college degree once ensured prosperity – but gen Z is finding ‘just not much out there’
Survey after survey show gen Z experiencing deep economic instability, plus eroding trust in US leadership and weaken...