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Ex-health secretary to take on ‘national outrage’ of young unemployed
Nearly one million UK youths are not in education, employment, or training, with 60% economically inactive and welfare and mental health issues cited as key factors.
- Alan Milburn, former Labour health secretary, launched a government review to tackle 946,000 young people not in education, employment or training, calling it `This is a national outrage.`
- Milburn warned more than 60 per cent of NEETs are economically inactive and one in eight young people face barriers from long-term sickness, with mental-health diagnoses and autism affecting participation.
- A panel of 11 experts including Dame Louise Casey, Andy Haldane, and Shuab Gamote will meet this week, with a call for evidence closing end of January and interim findings due in spring.
- The government is weighing stripping under-22s of a Universal Credit health-related top-up £217 a month and Labour's `youth guarantee` forces 18- to 21-year-olds on Universal Credit for 18 months into subsidised training or jobs.
- The review will benchmark the Netherlands, Japan and Ireland, with Milburn calling youth unemployment `both a social injustice and an economic catastrophe` and urging a national coalition.
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One million young people 'let down' as ex-health secretary warns of 'lost generation'
Former health secretary Alan Milburn launched an investigation after visiting a Peterborough charity, warning of 'uncomfortable truths' about one in eight young people in Britain not in education, employment or training.
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