General Article Young working-class men have suffered the most from Covid job losses – apprenticeships can help

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Young people are often the most impacted by recessions, and they are likely to bear the deepest scars from the Covid pandemic.

The Social Mobility Commission’s new report ‘State of the Nation: Social mobility and the pandemic 2021’ found young people were twice as likely to be working in sectors that were shut down than the rest of the workforce. Youth unemployment increased faster between Spring and Autumn 2020 than at any point since the financial crisis in 2008.

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