A million young people aren't in a job or training. Britain has a problem | Richard Partington

"Almost a million young people are not in education, employment or training. Employers are freezing their hiring plans. Unemployment is at a four-year high. Not all is right in the UK's jobs market, and the outlook is getting worse. Typically it takes a full-blown recession to trigger the type of growth in unemployment that Britain is witnessing today. About 100,000 jobs have been lost from company payrolls in the past year, and the official jobless rate has hit 4.8%, up from 4.1% a year earlier."

"More than 9 million working-age adults are neither in employment nor looking for a job. But while this alone ought to be worrying enough, underneath these headline statistics are two troubling trends: a dramatic increase in youth unemployment and rising levels of ill health. This week the government will respond. Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former chair of John Lewis , is expected to publish his Keep Britain Working review, outlining his recommendations for the government and business"

Almost a million young people are not in education, employment or training while employers freeze hiring and unemployment rises to 4.8%. About 100,000 payroll jobs were lost in the past year and more than 9 million working-age adults are economically inactive. Nearly 3 million people cite long-term ill-health, near record highs, and much of the increase is linked to worsening health among young people. Sir Charlie Mayfield is expected to publish the Keep Britain Working review with recommendations for government and business to help those with work-limiting health conditions, prioritise mental-health support, and restore productive capacity and growth.

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