UK youth NEET figures hover near one million as jobs market stalls
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ONS data show about 957,000 UK 16–24-year-olds were not in education, employment or training in Oct–Dec 2025 (12.8%), edging toward a million as the jobs market remains weak. More young women are out of work, and rising inactivity is linked to long-term sickness and neurodivergence. The government is expanding apprenticeships and paid placements, while an independent inquiry into rising youth unemployment is due this summer.
- Young people out of work, training and education edges closer to one million BBC
- Number of young people in UK not in work or education rises closer to 1m The Guardian
- Government policies have fuelled youth unemployment, Bank of England says Financial Times
- Nearly a Million Young Britons Are Not in Jobs or Education Bloomberg.com
- Thousands more young people out of work despite surge in job-hunting The Telegraph
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