The Guardian Europe
Government Urges Better Tracking of 'Phantom NEETs' as Thousands of Teens Vanish from Records
UK government discovers that losing track of thousands of teenagers is bad, asks councils to try harder.
2026-07-02
The Guardian Europe
2026-05-28
BBC Business
Report Warns One in Six Young People Will Be Neither Working Nor Learning by 2031, Unless Someone Does Something
A major review warns the UK faces a 'lost generation' as one in six young people could be jobless and not learning by 2031, because the system helping them is apparently stuck in a previous century.
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