The latest employment figures, released earlier this week, show that the number of unemployed 18- to 24-year-olds rose by 55,000 to 597,000 in the three months leading up to October 2008. This age group has the highest unemployment rate at 14 per cent.
Seyi Obakin, acting chief executive of Centrepoint, said: "We are extremely concerned the recession will mean that homeless young people will not be able to access employment. They will lose out on gaining important work skills and this is likely to detrimentally affect their future."
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