A good job is hard to find for Britain’s young unemployed
This is becoming a bit of a theme with me but I am very concerned about youth unemployment in rural England. I am also currently very frustrated by the way the procurement rules within Leader seem to discriminate against anyone seeking to deliver a solution using that funding. If you would like to know more on this score email me! The article showcasing some new research just published by ESRC, which has a general but well borne out rural component says:
“There are more than a million people under 25 who are unemployed in the UK, according to the internationally agreed measure of unemployment. Graduates are leaving university and finding that the only jobs they can find are in supermarkets or cafes.
It has been clear for some time that the recession of the past five years has had a disproportionate effect on the young, but a report by the Economic and Social Research Council shows just how tough life has become.
When the economy was growing strongly before the slump, 50% of young people out of work in 2006 had found a job by 2007. Three years later, that percentage had almost halved; only 27% of those young and unemployed in 2009 were in work a year later.”