'Young People Want to Work', West Herts College Says After Milburn Report

'Young people want to work', West Herts College says after Milburn report

“Most young people want to work”, West Herts College leaders say after the government's Milburn report warned of a “lost generation”.

How can we help struggling young people get into work? Discussion

Young people are struggling to get work. Their number could rise to a million and a quarter in 5 years according to today’s interim report by Alan Milburn. He says no amount of reform to individual policy areas will be enough – an entire system change is needed. We spoke to Oscar Brown, a graduate who’s applied for over 300 jobs since leaving university with no luck, and Rushid Afzali who struggled to find a job after leaving college, until he f…

PIP benefits set to be overhauled to push young claimants into work

The disability benefits system faces being overhauled to support young claimants into work, the Government’s joblessness tsar has indicated. Alan Milburn, who is conducting a review of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), indicated that personal independent payments (PIP) should be reformed so that it is not purely based around cash help, but provides targeted support to help jobless claimants into work. Milburn signalle…

The younger person’s view on the NEETs debate

In response to the NEET's report from Alan Milburn, to which I have already referred this morning, here and here, I invited my son, James, who now works with me on research and content creation, to write a post on this issue from the perspective of a young person who has found employment, but still knows how difficult doing so really is. His post can be found on our Substack, here. The conclusion is: The social contract is broken. There is a gen…

'Being out of work can set young people back before they’ve even started saving' - Pete Glancy, Scottish Widows, reacts to Alan Milburn's report

Benefit cuts not the answer to rising number of young people out of work

Contact is cautioning against reducing financial support for severely disabled young people to address the rising numbers of young people out of work. The independent Milburn Review’s interim report, published today, has revealed one million young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). Alongside that the report highlights increasing numbers of young people receiving health and disability-related benefits. This includes the Unive…