Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington

Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price | Simon Jenkins

Obsessed with exams, devoid of vocational training: there is a total mismatch between schools and life beyond their gates Blame the schools. Alan Milburn’s report on Neets, published in May, was one of the most damning comments on the welfare state I have read. It described a new generation of a million mostly poor Britons now encouraged to fare worse, not better, than their parents. This means, said Milburn, that “t…

4 Sept, 09:00

Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington

Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state Most people think Britain is not working as it should. For young people, the situation is at its most acute: Only one in four believe that everyone in society has a fair crack. Most think the game is rigged. It is clear why the generation who grew up during the post-2008 crash austerity years and in…

9 Aug, 11:00