Why Can’t Young People Get Jobs?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today, in his long awaited report, former minister Alan Milburn has said job and career opportunities for young people are ‘not growing, they’re shrinking’, with one in six set to be out of work, education or training in five years unless action is taken.
He concluded that the education, health and welfare systems are no longer fit for purpose in preparing young people for adult life - with the risk of a ‘lost generation’ and young adults facing a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges.
Adam is joined by Alex, Simon Jack and Sarah Montague to discuss.
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| 1:11.1 | Simon Jack in the newscast studio. And please welcome back, presenter of the World at One. Sarah Montague, hello, Sarah. Hello, Adam. And you've got a head start on us because you covered lots of these stories on the World at One today. I did, but as did you on PM. On PM, a few hours like, we have take we this is radio four this is really this is it yes who's doing the world tonight who's |
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| 1:34.8 | A big common theme of all news programs today was Alan Milburn and his report into young NEETs, |
| 1:41.5 | which is people who are not in employment, education or training. |
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