A generation is being sold short. Almost a million young people are not in education, employment or training (Neet). Austerity and the Covid pandemic cast a lengthy shadow, AI is upending the jobs market, and the cost of living is soaring – all under the microscope of the social media age.
This week Alan Milburn’s landmark report on young people and work will bring Britain to a fork in the road: either continue on this path of state and market failure or sharply change direction.
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