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- Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths | Simon Jenkins May 29, 2026Education should prepare young people for dealing not only with practical things such as insurance, pensions and taxes but also with tech and mental healthWhat is it about ex-ministers that they suddenly know how to run the country? Tony Blair hurls thunderbolts at his successor, Keir Starmer. His former colleague, Alan Milburn, is shocked that […]Simon Jenkins
- Labour poised for fresh welfare changes after scale of youth jobs crisis revealed May 28, 2026Alan Milburn’s landmark report says unemployment among young costs UK £125bn a year and warns of ‘lost generation’ ‘A record of failure’: what’s in first part of Milburn report?Tell us: we would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job hunting experienceLabour is poised for a fresh attempt at changing the […]Richard Partington and Peter Walker
- The Guardian view on jobs and training: boosting young people’s chances should be a national mission | Editorial May 28, 2026Colleges and placements can help the 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds who aren’t earning or learning. But what they need most is workFor a few days at least, political attention is focused on young people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training (known as Neets). A report from the commission led by […]Editorial
- 'Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest May 28, 2026A landmark government-backed report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, employment or training.The former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was a mounting economic risk to the country, […]Presented by Lucy Hough with Richard Partington ; produced by Angus Neale; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; lead producer Zoe Hitch
- ‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest May 28, 2026A landmark report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, employment or training.The former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was a mounting economic risk to the country, and […]Presented by Lucy Hough with Richard Partington; producer Angus Neale; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin; lead producer Zoe Hitch
- Feeding the future of France: Rollout of €1 meals an attempt to help struggling students May 28, 2026It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a dayWhere in France can you get a nutritious and balanced three-course meal for €1?If you are one of the country’s estimated 3 million students in higher education, the answer is: the university restaurant or cafe. […]Kim Willsher in Paris
- ‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report? May 28, 2026The former minister paints damning picture of structural issues affecting 1 million young people in the UKAlan Milburn, the Blair-era cabinet minister turned social mobility adviser, has delivered the first part of his government-commissioned report on why increasing numbers of people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training (Neet).Its 217 pages […]Peter Walker
- ‘Standing up for our children’: parents divided over London teachers’ strikes May 28, 2026Waltham Forest in the east of the capital has seen a wave of industrial action in schools, with more to come The gates to South Grove primary school in Walthamstow were closed to pupils last week.Teachers were on strike as part of a disparate wave of industrial action by members of the National Education Union […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
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