An investigation by think-tank The Work Foundation discovered that despite the country’s rebounding economy, joblessness among people aged 16 to 24 years old was over 25pc in many cities.
The national average is almost one in five, but the foundation claimed the problem is so “endemic” that even those cities with the lowest levels of youth unemployment, where the rate is 13pc, this is still a third higher than in Germany where the national average is 8.6pc.
The research identified several UK youth unemployment “blackspots” with jobless rates above 25pc. These included Middlesbrough, Barnsley, Glasgow, Grimsby, Coventry, Bradford and Hull.
Lizzie Crowley, head of youth unemployment programmes at The Work Foundation, said: “The UK’s youth unemployment crisis continues to affect almost a million young people, even in the recovery. Read More
