Lots of Today prog focus on young grads failing to get their first jobs, which is of course a problem - but here's the real Neet story, about the majority who are not only not working, but are now not applying to:
read here: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Just spotted some discourse about the lanyard class, so I'm using that as an excuse to plug my visit to LanyardFest '26 www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
Almost 1 million young people are not in education, training or employment
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I wrote about the Green Party’s campaign in Makerfield after a turbulent 24 hrs in which its candidate selections had to be re-opened & also looked at whether the Greens standing aside would make that much difference to Burnham’s changes of success. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Anoosh Chakelian
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How Britain failed a generation of Neets
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This is the reality of the British economy: conferences, video games and more conferences
My colleague @anooshc.bsky.social spoke to Alan Milburn while he was conducting his review into youth unemployment, and to some of the people affected: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Superb piece from @meganekenyon.bsky.social at the Labour left's fury at the idea that they might accidentally have made Wes Streeting PM
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
For today's NS Morning Call, I wrote about Alan Milburn's landmark report on Neets and what this means for the govt. Ft references to my epic colleague @anooshc.bsky.social's not to be missed report on the subject from earlier this year.
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
And @anooshc.bsky.social's truly excellent report here: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The debate over how the Green Party should play the Makerfield by-election intensified again this weekend.
I offered my two cents in today's morning call (@newstatesman1913.bsky.social)
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
