This compares to 60.9 per cent in 2002, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Young people without qualifications fare particularly badly, the report, Jobs for Youth: United Kingdom , found. In 2005, only 45 per cent of young people who left school without at least five good GCSE’s or the vocational equivalent got jobs. This compared to 67 per cent of their higher-qualified peers. The OECD has called for more support for disadvantaged young people...


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