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- The NEET rate rose to 15 % in 2025, about 900,000 youths.
- Benefit claimants aged 18-24 with no work requirements grew from 160,000 to 300,000 since 2019.
- The government pledged £2.5 bn for a youth guarantee and £3.5 bn for disabled-person support.
- Alan Milburn, former Labour health secretary, leads a youth unemployment review due next month.
- Matching the Netherlands’ NEET rate would need about 600,000 more 18- to 24-year-olds in education or work.
