SCOUT· 63%1h 00m·2026-10-14·News Politics580. How to Solve Britain’s Youth Unemployment Crisis
In Britain, we spend £25 on benefits for every £1 we spend helping young people find work. So why have successive governments failed to fix this – and what does Alan Milburn’s review, due this autumn, say needs to change? How have countries with the lowest youth unemployment rates tackled the issue, and what is the…
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“Every employer wants candidates with previous experience because no one is willing to spend money training anyone anymore. It's no wonder young people are shut out of work in this collapsing system.”
“These people will not address the actual problem, which is low pay, high costs, and no housing. It is too much for people to handle. That is why people cannot work. It simply does not pay.”
“We need to unfuck 20 years of short-termism. People in decently paying jobs can't afford to get married, buy a house, or have children. The ladder got pulled up. The long term consequences of that are existential. It doesn't matter how hard…”
“Prior to Thatcher a lot of my mates did a 5 year craft apprenticeship on a mans wage with nationalised industries. All gone. That is the country taking care of its young people. Meanwhile the 3% of the world GDP held by millionaires at the…”
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