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Mentoring based on young peoples’ strengths can alleviate the crisis in education, training and employment

Nearly 1 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are currently outside education, employment or training and the number is currently projected to increase.

The Conversation

UK retailers aim to create 100,000 jobs for young people out of work

In partnership with DWP, firms such as John Lewis and M&S plan to offer 18- to 24-year-olds placements of two to four weeks

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price

Obsessed with exams, devoid of vocational training: there is a total mismatch between schools and life beyond their gates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Number of young Brits not in education or work a ‘scar on this country’

Crisis of young people not in education, employment or training ‘long way from easing’ despite fall in official figures

The Independent UK

‘Starting a family is out of the question’: Britain’s young people trapped by finances

Exclusive: Money pressures are forcing young people to put off moving out and learning to drive

The Independent UK

Let’s focus on what people with special needs can do, rather than what they can’t

Letters: Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s recommendation to boost internship opportunities for young people with special needs

The Guardian - UK

From welfare to prisons: the challenges for Burnham when MPs return to Commons

PM’s honeymoon period will come to an end as he makes decisions on the budget, welfare, migration and prisons

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Thursday briefing: The million young people the UK is leaving behind

In today’s newsletter: With more young people outside of work and education than ever before, researchers say the ‘Neet’ epidemic reflects a deeper crisis of mental health, opportunity and institutional failure

The Guardian - UK

Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules

The Guardian - UK

Cutting health benefits for young people could push thousands into poverty, charities warn

Dozens of charities have urged ministers to focus on support and opportunity instead of ‘the failed punitive approaches of the past’

The Independent UK

UK pay growth slows as job vacancies hit five-year low

Iran war prompts cost of living squeeze for workers as ONS reports unemployment rate stays at 4.9%

The Guardian - UK

Young people ‘need nepotism’ to exit NEET ‘rejection loop’, says Chicken Shop Date star

Amelia Dimoldenberg, star of Chicken Shop Date, said the YouTube series wouldn’t exist without a youth club that ‘now doesn’t exist due to austerity cuts by the Conservative government’

The Independent UK

Supporting young people so they don’t become Neets

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Daisy Christodoulou on predicting which children are at risk of future unemployment

The Guardian - UK

Amelia Dimoldenberg says young people ‘need nepotism’ to get into work

The 32-year-old YouTube star is best known for her series where she awkwardly interviews celebrities over a ‘date’ in a local chicken shop.

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The Guardian - UK

Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn

Exclusive: Government review led by former minister to recommend huge expansion of onsite schemes for those who need support

The Guardian - UK

How to make sure that no child is left behind

Letters: Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s recommendation that primary schools may be able to spot children at risk of future unemployment

The National (Scotland)

Scottish teaching union slams Labour grandee's 'concerning' schools plan

A SCOTTISH teaching union has slammed a Labour grandee's plan to identify primary school kids at risk of unemployment as "deeply…

The Guardian - UK

Could you predict which children will be Neets? No – and it’s unfair to ask that of teachers

The idea of government adviser Alan Milburn sounds laudable. But it’s asking too much of a system already struggling to meet society’s demands, says education writer Daisy Christodoulou

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Andy Burnham Targets 1 Million Young NEETs: Sickness Benefit Crackdown Proposed To Revive UK Jobs

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is tying his promise to revive UK jobs to a hard‑edged crackdown on sickness benefits for around one million young NEETs.

The Guardian - UK

Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people

Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state

The Guardian - UK

Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment

Exclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16

The Guardian - UK

What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis

The former UK minister discovers how apprenticeships and support networks helped slash Ireland’s Neet rate

The Independent UK

Why Burnham’s plans for education could limit girls’ horizons

COMMENT: While tailoring school to the needs of the local workforce is sound in sentiment, the government needs to be careful not to dampen potential or ambition. Girls need bigger dreams than their postcode can provide, writes Amna Ahmad

The Independent UK

What is causing the rise of Neets? Data and trends behind youth unemployment as Andy Burnham addresses rising problem

Andy Burnham said he is ‘on a mission’ to halt the rise in the number of youngsters not in education, employment or training (Neet)

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham commits to cutting Neets numbers but declines to set a date

The Prime Minister unveiled reforms to put technical pathways on an equal footing with traditional academic routes.

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