Alan Milburn

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests 981,000 people aged 16 to 24 were Neet between April and June

Dozens of charities have urged ministers to focus on support and opportunity instead of ‘the failed punitive approaches of the past’

Alan Milburn is not asking teachers to fix teeth

The Prime Minister recently unveiled proposals to introduce technical subjects for 14-year-old pupils from September 2028, aiming to combat youth unemployment

Nigel Farage demanded “an immediate general election” as Andy Burnham marches into Number 10

Official figures on June’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation will be published on Wednesday, during the week that Mr Burnham takes over as prime minister

Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of priorities” when he enters Downing Street on Monday

Sir Keir was hosting a No 10 roundtable with hospitality industry leaders, including from Burger King, KFC and Costa Coffee, with Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden also present

Burnham travelled down on the Avanti West Coast — yet to be nationalised — to Euston on a train that was delayed by 21 minutes

Burnham travelled down on the Avanti West Coast — yet to be nationalised — to Euston on a train that was delayed by 21 minutes

Alan Milburn’s searing analysis of the first generation ever to do worse financially than their parents did at their age opens the door to people with solutions to this crisis

The Netherlands has one of the lowest Neet rates in the world, at 4.9% among 18 to 24-year-olds

M&S to train up 1,000 young people amid unemployment crisis

Nearly a fifth of young people set to be unemployed next year

They shed new light on the contentious decision and heap more embarrassment on beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Now Streeting has floated the idea of a "targeted" cut to National Insurance to tackle youth joblessness

The shocking extent of the problem was laid bare this week in a report which showed it was costing Britain £125bn a year — more than it spends on education and almost double the defence budget

Labour promised before winning a large election victory in July 2024 "to remove the discriminatory age bands, so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage"

A shock government-backed report this week warned of the danger of a “lost generation” of young people in Britain, as the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neets) rose to more than 1 million

She has produced a few short films that have been shown at festivals and found occasional work on film and TV productions as a runner — a job generally seen as the first rung on the ladder of the industry

The Labour group on Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council was reduced to two councillors on 7 May, while the party also lost control of Cannock Chase District Council

The Labour group on Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council was reduced to two councillors on 7 May, while the party also lost control of Cannock Chase District Council

Youth unemployment has hit almost one million, with the rate being a shocking 16.2% — up from 14.2% in just the last year

Nearly 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds are not in education, employment or training (Neet), with McFadden warning that almost 60% have never had a job at all

Education workers in London rallied, calling for more support from the government

Alan Milburn warns of economic ruin as young are ‘rewired by phones’

Labour MPs will reportedly use an expected fall in net migration to pile pressure on the Home Office to reverse its plans for further immigration reforms

However, this moment should prompt not just concern about diminishing support, but a more fundamental examination of the system that produces these pressures in the first place

There was broad support for stronger careers provision, with 98% backing career advice in all schools, 92% supporting more applied or vocational pathways before the age of 16, and 95% supporting alternative routes for pupils who struggle with the current system

Now, economic stagnation has resulted in falling vacancies and rising unemployment

Most of the nearly 1 million young people not in work, education or training (Neets) are in the north and Midlands

The “youth guarantee” in the autumn budget means that £820m will be spent on paid work placements for 18- to 21-year-olds

The number of so-called 'NEETs' has risen amid mounting alarm at a generational benefits timebomb

Companies are grappling with escalating costs due to increases in the national minimum wage and the £25bn national insurance tax raid introduced in the 2024 Autumn Budget

This is the highest level, including the pandemic, since 2014, when the jobs market was still recovering from the financial crisis

It was a cohort of teenagers from underrepresented backgrounds: all of them had that glint of ambition in their eyes, a desire to better their circumstances

The cost of Britain's main sickness benefit is forecast to jump by almost £20 billion a year after Labour shelved reforms

Late, far too late, abolishing the two-child limit has not made the same impression on public perceptions, despite the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) this week reporting it as being behind what could be the greatest ever fall in child poverty in a parliament

It means one in three graduates now cite a health reason for not working

Tory peers force UK to pause passage of Chagos Islands bill after US criticism

Mr Milburn, who served as health secretary under Sir Tony Blair, is conducting a review into why one in eight young people are classified as NEETs — meaning they are not in education, employment or training

As Sir Keir Starmer looks around his Cabinet table, he can lock eyes with the visible 'traitors' plotting to banish him from No 10

Mr Milburn is currently head of an independent investigation into factors behind the rise in youth inactivity, which has been described as a â€œcrisis of opportunity”