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Britain’s Youth Crisis Deepens as NEET Numbers Cross One Million · Stories Today

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  Speaker 1: More than one million young people in the UK are
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  Speaker 1: now out of work, education or training, and experts say
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  Speaker 1: the situation could get much worse if nothing changes soon.
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  Speaker 1: A new review has warned Britain is at risk of
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  Speaker 1: creating a lost generation as many young adults struggle to
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  Speaker 1: get even their first step into work. Youngsters aged sixteen
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  Speaker 1: to twenty four are unemployed and not in education or training.
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  Speaker 1: The number of such lads has risen to over one
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  Speaker 1: million twelve thousand people. Former Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn has
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  Speaker 1: given them the term neat. Key points over one million
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  Speaker 1: young people are now classed as neat in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: Experts warn the figure could hit one point two five
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  Speaker 1: million by twenty thirty one. Six in ten young people
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  Speaker 1: out of work have never had a job. Hospitality and
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  Speaker 1: retail jobs for young people have fallen sharply. Eighty four
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  Speaker 1: percent of young people surveyed said they want work or training.
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  Speaker 1: Alan Milburn warned Britain risks a lost generation. UK youth
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  Speaker 1: jobs crisis reaches highest level in years. The new figures
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  Speaker 1: from the Office for National Statistics show the number of
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  Speaker 1: young people outside work and education has risen by eighty
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  Speaker 1: nine thousand compared with last year. The former Health Secretary
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  Speaker 1: Alan Milburn has conducted a review. In the review, he
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  Speaker 1: said that the government of Britain is ruining the future
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  Speaker 1: of young people long before they even enter the workplace.
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  Speaker 1: According to the BBC, Milburn believes that there is no
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  Speaker 1: fault of young Britons in this There is a serious
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  Speaker 1: job shortage for young workers, especially in entry level jobs.
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  Speaker 1: He warned that one in six young people could be
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  Speaker 1: unemployed within the next five years. If the system does
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  Speaker 1: not take action, we are at risk of a lost generation,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Milburn also said many young people are sending
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  Speaker 1: out huge numbers of job applications and hearing nothing back.
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  Speaker 1: You hear some call them workshy, snowflakes soft. This is
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  Speaker 1: a generation that is trying putting in hundreds of applications
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  Speaker 1: a month, he said, they hear nothing back. It's the
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  Speaker 1: silence that kills There is a whole system failure here.
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  Speaker 1: Young people say. Getting a first job now feels impossible.
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  Speaker 1: For many young adults, the hardest part is taking a step.
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  Speaker 1: The report found six in ten young people classed as
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  Speaker 1: neat they don't have the confidence or they simply don't
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  Speaker 1: want to do a job. Earlier teenagers were the first
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  Speaker 1: preference for part time jobs at a retail store, cafe
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  Speaker 1: and weekend jobs. With time, these jobs also disappeared. The
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  Speaker 1: Independent reported that the UK has lost around one point
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  Speaker 1: six million low and medium skilled workers in the past
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  Speaker 1: twenty years. This is not a joke. At the same time,
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  Speaker 1: apprenticeships have decreased by thirty five percent in the last
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  Speaker 1: ten years. Hospitality has also slowed down badly. Vacancies in restaurants,
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  Speaker 1: pubs and cafes have had in the past four years,
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  Speaker 1: making it harder for young people to get a foot
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  Speaker 1: in the door. Milburn described it as a hopeless catch
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  Speaker 1: twenty two where employers want experience but young people cannot
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  Speaker 1: get the chance to build any The first rung of
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  Speaker 1: the career ladder has thinned for too many young people.
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  Speaker 1: It is now simply out of reach. Behind the numbers
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  Speaker 1: are real people struggling. There are many real life stories
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  Speaker 1: of young people who said that they felt they were
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  Speaker 1: in a sandbox. They said they made every effort for
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  Speaker 1: the job, but there was no response from the employer.
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  Speaker 1: For example, Luke, who studied product design at Central Saint Martin's,
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  Speaker 1: said he has sent over four hundred applications and only
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  Speaker 1: got one interview. It's humiliating, he said. You think, o K.
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  Speaker 1: I've got all the knowledge, I've got all the skills.
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  Speaker 1: All I'm waiting for is a job to put it
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  Speaker 1: in practice. Some people who got jobs were supported by others. Rocky,
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  Speaker 1: who once struggled to find work, is now an assistant
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  Speaker 1: manager at Nando's after receiving mentoring through a youth charity.
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  Speaker 1: I'm twenty three years old and I'm a manager at
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  Speaker 1: nando he said. I feel happy with myself. Britain's neat
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  Speaker 1: rate is now higher than several European countries. The growing
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  Speaker 1: problem is now worse in the UK than in many
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  Speaker 1: parts of Europe. The Guardian highlighted that Britain's neat rate
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  Speaker 1: has reached thirteen point five percent, far above countries such
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  Speaker 1: as the Netherlands and Sweden. Milburn said the issue has
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  Speaker 1: been building for years because governments failed to create a
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  Speaker 1: long term plan for young workers. He also rejected claims
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  Speaker 1: that young people simply do not want jobs. The review
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  Speaker 1: found eighty four percent of young people's surveyed said they
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  Speaker 1: wanted work, training or experience. This is not a failure
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  Speaker 1: of young people, Milburn said it is a failure of
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  Speaker 1: a system stuck in the past. Businesses say rising costs
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  Speaker 1: are affecting hearing. Some businesses say they want to hire
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  Speaker 1: more young workers but are struggling with rising costs. According
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  Speaker 1: to ITV, employers in retail and hospitality have warned that
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  Speaker 1: higher wages and increased national insurance contributions are making it
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  Speaker 1: tougher to create entry level jobs. Several business leaders backed
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  Speaker 1: the findings of the report and warned Britain could waste
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  Speaker 1: a generation of talent if the crisis continues. The review
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  Speaker 1: also found that for every one pounds spent helping young
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  Speaker 1: people into work, around twenty five pounds is spent on
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  Speaker 1: benefits instead. Milburn believes the focus now needs to shift
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  Speaker 1: towards helping young people gain experience, confidence and stable work
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  Speaker 1: before they become trapped outside the system for years. The
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  Speaker 1: government says it plans to expand apprenticeships and create more
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  Speaker 1: work placements, but experts say the scale of the problem
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  Speaker 1: now needs much bigger action.