Although 84% of Neets say they want to work, their prospects are unfairly limited by where they live. For too many young people, particularly those in deprived parts of Britain, there simply aren't enough jobs.
Although 84% of Neets say they want to work, their prospects are unfairly limited by where they live.
For too many young people, particularly those in deprived parts of Britain, there simply aren't enough jobs.
At the top are affluent towns in southern England that account for nine in 10 of the areas with the highest numbers of vacancies.
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Although 84% of Neets say they want to work, their prospects are unfairly limited by where they live. For too many young people, particularly those in deprived parts of Britain, there simply aren't enough jobs. At the top are affluent towns in southern England that account for nine in 10 of the areas with the highest numbers of vacancies.
Young people in Britain's poorer towns have far fewer opportunities. Changing this will require targeted support – and industrial strategy The ideas that Neets (young people not in education, employment or training) simply aren't trying hard enough to find a job, or don't want one, are "myths," Alan Milburn wrote in his interim report on the subject earlier this year – "sometimes cruel ones". Rotherham has one suitable vacancy for every 22 young adults.
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