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The Labour Party government has been urged to rethink scrapping minimum wage youth rates. A t hinktank fears 16-year-olds to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training could be "priced out" of entry-level jobs after the Labour Party rule change.

The government is being urged to consider breaking a manifesto pledge to scrap youth rates of the minimum wage. The warning comes amid a dramatic rise in the number of young people out of work and education.

The Resolution Foundation warned the number of young people classified as Neet had risen by 195,000 over the past two years to reach 940,000 and the figure was poised to hit 1 million for the first time since 2012.

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