Sir Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the UK Government would look into removing the barriers “holding back the potential” of young people.

“We have to confront the reality that our welfare state is trapping people, not just in poverty, but out of work. Young people in particular, and that is a poverty of ambition,” he said.

Alan Milburn, the former health secretary, is due to deliver a review next summer on the state of NEETs in the UK, individuals typically aged between 16 and 24 who or not in education, employment or training. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that around 13.4 per cent of those in the age group are in such a position, or about 987,000 people. New Feature

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