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General · 29 May 2026

Youth unemployment costing UK £125bn, Labour plans changes

Youth unemployment costing UK £125bn, Labour plans changes

Young people being out of work is costing Britain over £125 billion annually, hitting them hardest and creating a big problem. A new government-backed report by Alan Milburn highlighted this crisis, showing more than one million young people are neither working nor studying. Now, Labour wants to alter the welfare system to fix this, a situation not seen for over ten years.

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