Britain is failing the next generation. With Peter Hyman and Shuab Gamote
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The Matts are joined by Peter Hyman and Shuab Gamote on the day they launch their incredibly impactful, important and moving report into the plight of one million NEETs in Britain - that’s young people Not in Education, Employment or Training. It’s a remarkable piece of work; a total eye-opener into a generational crisis which urgently needs a solution. The personal stories Peter and Shuab encounter are truly remarkable - and their conclusions are a clarion call for radical change to a trajectory which shames this nation.
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| 0:00.0 | The idea that young people don't want to work is one that couldn't be further from the truth. |
| 0:06.0 | I mean, there's so many things throughout our journey and I'm sure we'll get into it that surprised me, that on the surface seem so basic. |
| 0:13.0 | But when you hear the stories, you realise how wrong some of the narratives that are shared are. |
| 0:19.0 | A school for a lot of people just does not work. |
| 0:23.6 | I think you describe it in the report, or maybe one of the kids describe it. |
| 0:27.6 | It's like a pipeline for needs. |
| 0:29.6 | You know, it's a conveyor belt of pretty useless experience for a lot of these young people. |
| 0:36.6 | What they think and we think is that what is being built on social media |
| 0:42.3 | and what the influences that they watch are basically saying you can have instant success, |
| 0:47.3 | so you're constantly seeing someone with their Ferrari or whatever it is. |
| 0:52.3 | Hello and happy Thursday morning, everybody. |
| 0:55.5 | Happy Thursday one and all. |
| 0:57.1 | Hope you're all having a great week so far. |
| 0:59.5 | We're delighted to be joined by Peter Hyman and Shueype Gamot, |
| 1:04.8 | who have been on the show before and have written... |
| 1:07.6 | Friends of the show. |
| 1:08.4 | Friends of the show, friends of the magazine. |
| 1:18.6 | But guys, I have to say, say I mean you've done some amazing work for us in the past and come and some amazing reports this work this report you've done on the plight of what's known as NEETs people who are are not in education, employment, or training, a million |
| 1:30.3 | young people, age between 16 and 24, absolutely knocked me for six this morning when I went |
| 1:35.9 | through the whole thing. It is, well, it's an astounding piece of work, but it is so moving. |
| 1:43.5 | The stories of these people who you've you've |
| 1:47.0 | interviewed 400 people from all around the United Kingdom and within the |
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