The Briefing Room – Why is youth unemployment within the UK so excessive? | EUROtoday

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It’s a troublesome time for any younger particular person on the lookout for a job on the second. While total unemployment is working at simply over 5 p.c, there’s explicit concern about a big group of 16 to 24 12 months olds – virtually 1,000,000 of them (12.8%) who are usually not in employment, training or coaching. And that features latest graduates in that age bracket. They’re often known as NEETS. David Aaronovitch and friends talk about why they’re on this scenario – is it all the way down to the state of the economic system, their very own capacity to work or that ever current worry – AI?

Guests:

Jack Kennedy, Senior Economist, Indeed Hiring Lab
Lindsay Judge, Research Director, The Resolution Foundation
Xiaowei Xu, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
John Burn-Murdoch, Chief Data Reporter, The Financial Times

Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Caroline Bayley, Nathan Gower, Kirsteen Knight
Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon

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