UK Youth Struggle to Secure Jobs as AI and Costs Hit Hiring

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UK youth face a tougher job market with 16.1% of 16–24-year-olds unable to find work amid a 5.1% national unemployment rate; higher business costs and AI-driven hiring changes are shrinking entry-level roles, while graduates report fierce competition for limited opportunities, fueling calls for targeted support schemes.
- 'The search is soul-destroying': Young jobseekers on the struggle to find work BBC
- UK minimum wage is raising youth unemployment, Bank of England's Mann says Reuters
- Labour’s own goals on jobs Financial Times
- The party of ‘working people’ is wrecking youth employment prospects The Telegraph
- ‘It’s soul-crushing’: young people battle to find any work in bleak jobs market The Guardian
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