According to a new report by The Local Government Association (LGA), more than two million young people will be jobless or underemployed by 2018 unless radical changes are made to “rescue” them from long-term unemployment.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said positive employment figures were hiding the plight of 16 to 24-year-olds, claiming they were being “failed” by the system designed to help them.
Long-term unemployment could be cut by a third before the end of the current parliament if nationally-run education, skills and employment schemes were devolved to local areas, said the LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales.
Around 90,000 young people have been out of work for at least two years, while two out of five were “hidden” in underemployment, working part-time or over-qualified for their job, said the report. Read more
