“Long-term youth unemployment is a national disgrace that can leave a life-time scar.” The words of one of the UK’s most influential businessman, director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) John Cridland. He said parents, teachers and businesses must take responsibility for tackling the problem. Figures from the ONS show there are 188,000 18 to 24-year-olds who’ve been unemployed for more than 12 months. While that figure is down 10% in four years it is still lagging behind the fall
Plans for Europe’s largest juvenile prison were criticised last night after a new report claimed that jailing children increased the chances of them becoming sex offenders in adulthood. Hundreds of youngsters are at risk of adult sexual offending because their attempts to form healthy relationships are being damaged by time spent in single-sex detention centres, prison reform campaigners have suggested. High levels of violence, the use of force by guards and long periods spent locked up made it difficult for children in
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According the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) local councils do not know what large numbers of 16- to 18-year-olds in their areas are doing and fail to give them adequate support. The PAC is also critical of a lack of careers advice for young people. The government said the rate of 16- to 18-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) is at its lowest since consistent records began. But in a report, the committee says 148,000 out of two
Young adults are more likely to fall foul of online banking fraud than their parents, a study shows. While the younger generation may be more tech-savvy, it seems they throw caution to the wind when it comes to online safety. A survey found under 25s are more than twice as likely to fall for ‘vishing’, where fraudsters obtain personal details of a victim over the phone. Research found one in six people aged between 18 and 25 would willingly transfer money
