Number of Neets passes 1m

City AM — May 28, 08:41 AM

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The number of Neets, otherwise young people not in education, employment or work, jumped past 1m in the first three months of 2026, official data has revealed.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said that there were 1,012,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 24 out of work in the first three https://www.cityam.com/milburn-review-neets-passes-1m-welfare-education-youth-unemployment/">[...]

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