The Guardian
Alan Milburn wants a national pre-apprenticeship route because Britain's youth apprenticeship pipeline is less a pipeline and more a dripping tap.
BBC Business
Nearly a million UK youth are 'Neet' - not in education, employment, or training - and the government's plan involves a report, some incentives, and a whole lot of finger-pointing.
BBC Business
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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