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- Late-2025 data show 957,000 16-24-year-olds classified as NEET, 12.8% of the cohort, the highest in over ten years.
- Labour minister Alan Milburn said the government spends £1 on employment support for every £25 of benefits.
- Milburn called the gap shameful and a failure of welfare, school, skills and health.
- He urged Labour to reform benefits as part of a reset, citing loss of entry-level jobs for the youth employment decline.
