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2026-05-28 05:43:41
[Assessment Report Shows Youth Unemployment Could Risk a "Lost Generation" in the UK] The sharp rise in youth unemployment in the UK could create a "lost generation," and urgent action is needed to reverse this "systemic failure." Over the next five years, the number of young people who are neither receiving education nor participating in work or vocational training (the NEET group, commonly known as "three-no youth" or "boomerang kids") is projected to surge from the current approximately 1 million to 1.25 million. An assessment commissioned by the UK government and led by former Labour Health Secretary Alan Milburn revealed that 84% of the NEET respondents had a strong desire to participate in work or training but were unable to do so, indicating that the existing system has failed to effectively help them smoothly enter the labor market.
