Tuesday 5 February 2013

UK has lessons to learn on tackling youth unemployment

via ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC by Lizzie Crowley

The UK is lagging behind major competitor economies on tackling youth unemployment.

The figures are striking: the number of young people out of work has increased at a much faster rate than the European average and the proportion of young people who are unemployed now stands at the third highest in the OECD, with only Spain and Greece experiencing worse levels.

Yet it doesn’t have to be this way. Many countries have managed to maintain consistently low levels of youth unemployment despite the global economic crisis.

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