Figures released yesterday by the TUC show that the proportion of 16- to 24-year-old young black men out of work rose from 14 per cent in 2002 to 26 per cent this year, the sharpest rise among all ethnic groups.
During the same period, the proportion of white young men in the same age group who were out of work increased from 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
Tony Sewell, who is leading Boris Johnson’s inquiry on schools – due to be published tomorrow – is calling on government to spearhead more imaginative ways of engaging and helping young black men, beyond measures contained in the £1bn Youth Contract.
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