"The share of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training known as Neets who reported a work-limiting condition has surged by 70% in a decade, a charity thinktank found. The trend is potentially putting the generation at even greater risk of harm to their future opportunities, the Health Foundation said."
"According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of Neets aged 16 to 24 was 957,000 in the three months from October to December up from 946,000 in the previous quarter. Within it the proportion of Neets who are sick or disabled has doubled in the past decade and is now 46% of the total."
"Among the initiatives to be rolled out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are a youth jobs grant, through which UK businesses will receive 3,000 for every young person they hire aged 18 to 24 who has been on universal credit and looking for work for six months, and an apprenticeship incentive of 2,000 for each new employee aged 16 to 24."
The UK faces a significant youth employment crisis, with nearly one million young people aged 16-24 classified as NEETs (not in education, employment or training). Analysis reveals a 70% increase over the past decade in young jobless people reporting work-limiting health conditions, with health-related issues now accounting for 46% of all NEETs. Young people on universal credit face greater employment barriers than those over 55 on the same benefit. The government has launched initiatives to address this, including a youth jobs grant providing businesses £3,000 for hiring young people who have been on universal credit for six months, and £2,000 apprenticeship incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises hiring 16-24 year-olds. Officials emphasize the human and economic costs of this trend.
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