There are nearly 1m young people (16-24) who are NEETs (not in education, employment or training), and while there is some discussion of reinvigorating youth employment support, we might also want to ask: why are young people NEET?
There's an issue of provision of support, but might this also be a sign of other socio-economic issues, like dissatisfaction wth the sorts of opportunities (in the gig economy for instance) that might be on offer?
#unemployment #YoungPeople
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/27/uk-faces-youth-jobs-crisis-as-number-of-neets-rises-to-almost-1m
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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