Young People
Cameron needs to start backing our young people and universities
The number of jobless 16 to 24-year-olds has risen by 52,000, to 1.04 million, which is the highest number since records began in 1992, writes UCU’s Sally Hunt.
2012: The year ahead for young people
Alex Hern looks at what we can expect for the under-25s in 2012. Youth unemployment will remain the number one problem, and some campaigns to deal with it are better than others
Cameron is pricing the young out of education and consigning them to the dole queue
Today’s unemployment figures make for depressing reading, especially for young people, writes Sally Hunt.
Record NEET figures the result of Osborne’s ignorant, short-sighted ideology
The number of young people not working or learning is now at record levels and there is little to suggest the situation will improve, says Sally Hunt.
Million young unemployed figure highlights enormity of the situation hitting our youth
One million young people are now unemployed according to figures released today. It is the first time since records began in 1992 this figure has hit seven digits.
More than a Hunch?
Jamie Audsley argues London Youth’s new publication Hunch points the way to a Plan B for young people and one that all progressives should get behind.