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UK has wealthy Europe’s ‘third-highest’ rate of young adults not in work or study

Neet than in comparable rich economies, with a rate higher than that of Germany and Denmark, and more than three times the rate in the Netherlands. The report comes as Alan Milburn

Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

Alan Milburn prepares to publish a highly anticipated report](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/26/rise-in-neets-young-people-not-in-work-education-uk-ons) into the crisis in youth jobs next week. Milburn told MPs on Wednesday that Britain risked facing a “generational problem” that was worse

Government spends 25 times more on benefits than jobs for young people, says Milburn

Alan Milburn told the BBC that this was "shameful" and with nearly a million young people not in work or education (Neets), a complete "system reset" was needed. In an exclusive interview with Sunday with

UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace

Alan Milburn, a former Labour health secretary, will say this week in a report that businesses must adapt by offering more flexibility and mental health support for young people to stave off an “economic catastrophe

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

Alan Milburn has said, as new polling suggests teachers believe pupils are leaving education without the skills they need for adult life. Milburn, a former cabinet minister under Tony Blair and now leading a government