A data graphic showing six key statistics from the UK youth unemployment crisis in 2026. The central figure shows 957,000 young people are NEET — not in education, employment or training. Four stat cards show the 16.2% youth unemployment rate as the highest since 2015 and above the pandemic peak, 729,000 unemployed young people up 110,000 year on year, 882,000 economically inactive young people which is the highest since ONS records began in 1992, and a projection of 1.25 million NEETs by 2031 without intervention. A quote from Alan Milburn warns of a lost generation. A regional gap panel shows London at 24.9% against Northern Ireland at 6.5%.
(Un)Employment

The lost generation warning that the government can no longer ignore

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Today the government-commissioned Milburn Review published its interim findings on youth unemployment in the United Kingdom. The headline figure, 957,000 […]