Fri, 23 May 2025

Fri, 23 May 2025 'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or education

New data suggests there were more than 920,000 young people not in work, education or training at the start of 2025.

* 923,000 16-24-year-olds estimated to have been Not in Education, Employment or Training (Neet) in the first three months of 2025
* This equates to roughly one in eight people aged 16 to 24
* A decrease from the previous quarter's 987,000 Neets, but still higher than the same period last year
* Graduates make up 10.6% of Friday's Neet figures, equivalent to about 90,000 young people
* The number of economically inactive young people is down 29,000 on the same period last year
* However, the number of unemployed people looking for work has increased by 21,000
* A rise in long-term sickness among young people has been one of the main causes of economic inactivity over the past three years
* Almost one out of every five young people who were Neet (19.5%) had a mental health condition in 2023
* Government is investing £45m in a youth guarantee to give every young person the chance to get on in life
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