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The kids aren’t alright
The UK is feeling the cost of having its youth waiting for career opportunities that do not come knocking.
From March to May 2026, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the UK’s unemployment rate held at 4.9 per cent, the same result as that of three months prior. This is generally within expectations and considered relatively stable amid the steady decline in both job vacancies and private sector wage growth in the UK. However, this outcome belies a brewing problem that captures the enduring negative effects to the future of labour and the wider British economy.
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