You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. Gandhi
Across the UK, more than one million people aged 16 to 24 are unemployed. Frustration is widespread, and localized reports of competition for jobs being as high as 50 applications per position are common. Many of the unemployed are university-educated and desperate to work. In the summer of 2011, riots spread around the UK. Although initially sparked by the police shooting of a London resident, they spilled out to other areas of the country, with high unemployment rates cited
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
Youth unemployment fell by 20,000, but the number of long-term jobless hit a 17-year high. The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in June fell by 21,200 to 1.48 million, the first fall below 1.5 million for nearly three years. Ministers said it showed that recovery was taking hold, but critics said the human costs were still too high. Separately, the ONS reported that average earnings increased by 1.7% in the year to May, up by 0.2% on the previous month, giving an
