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The IndependentFriday, 29 May 2026
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Shame of Britain's broken promise to lost generation
As the number of young people neither working nor learning passes one million, a bombshell report blames a lack of entry-level jobs and finds an 'anxious generation' trapped in their bedrooms - a crisis costing all of us £125bn a year
The paper frames the issue of youth unemployment and inactivity as a systemic failure of national policy and economic opportunity, highlighting both the psychological impact on individuals and the broader fiscal cost to the country.
This story reports on a milestone of over one million young people in the UK classified as NEET (not in education, employment, or training), citing a report that links this trend to a shortage of entry-level roles and rising anxiety.
“anxious generation trapped in their bedrooms”
“Critical of government economic policy”
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