The forthcoming report recommends barring under-25s from primary sickness and disability payouts while significantly reallocating state resources toward taxpayer-subsidised jobs, training, and further education. Currently, government spending on youth welfare outpaces employment support by 25 to one, a ratio the review proposes narrowing to two to one. Central to this plan is a legally binding "opportunity guarantee" placed on councils or regional mayors to secure training, work, or medical treatment for young individuals. Without intervention, research highlighted by the Liberal Democrats warns that the UK's cohort of disengaged youth could expand to 1.26 million by 2031.
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A proposed legal duty would require local mayors and councils to provide jobs, apprentice…: A proposed legal duty would require local mayors and councils to provide jobs, apprenticeships, or healthcare support to young people.
Alan Milburn acknowledged that the recommended shift to a two-to-one funding ratio would…: Alan Milburn acknowledged that the recommended shift to a two-to-one funding ratio would result in benefit cuts for many individuals.
The comprehensive policy framework is planned to extend nationwide, with devolved impleme…: The comprehensive policy framework is planned to extend nationwide, with devolved implementations for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland set for future legislation.
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It's an ugly acronym. And it's an even uglier situation.
The reality of so-called "Neets" in the UK - young people who haven't got jobs, aren't studying or being trained up - has seen hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of Brits in their late teens or early-20s struggle to find a decent future for well over a decade.
It costs the taxpayer billions. And the human cost is variously described as a disaster, a national shame, even a moral crisis.
When the phrase Neet was first coined by Tony Blair's Downing Street in 1999, the focus was on 170,000 or so teenagers who were not in education, employment or training. After many attempts at solving the problem, add in a pandemic and years of a sluggish economy, it's acute - with nearly a million under-25s in that situation.
A tome full of proposals to try and fix it once and for all will be published on Tuesday, after a year in the making.
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