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Six in 10 Neets have never had a job, says Alan Milburn, as he warns of ‘generational faultline’ – UK politics live

Politics The Guardian By Andrew Sparrow 28 May 2026 10:34 1 min read
Six in 10 Neets have never had a job, says Alan Milburn, as he warns of ‘generational faultline’ – UK politics live

Government-commissioned report on young people not in employment, education or training warns ‘we have neither a system or a plan to deal with it’ Young people in the UK: how has the search for work been for you? Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn. He says Milburn’s report is “really important and powerful”. I could see in the first few weeks after being appointed as the secretary of state what was happening, both in human and in financial terms, [in ter

Government-commissioned report on young people not in employment, education or training warns ‘we have neither a system or a plan to deal with it’

Young people in the UK: how has the search for work been for you?

Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn.

He says Milburn’s report is “really important and powerful”.

I could see in the first few weeks after being appointed as the secretary of state what was happening, both in human and in financial terms, [in terms of youth unemployment].

And I knew that we had to get properly under the bonnet of this problem, because there’s a lot more thing than one thing happening here …

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