General Article Youth unemployment: the crisis we cannot afford

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Youth unemployment is now one of the greatest challenges facing the country. Nearly 1.5 million young people are currently not in education, employment or training – over one in five of all young people. A quarter of a million have been unemployed for over a year. The costs of these levels of long-term youth unemployment – now and in the future – are enormous. This is a crisis we cannot afford.

Unemployment hurts at any age; but for young people, long-term unemployment scars for life. It mea...

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