Youth unemployment figures continued to creep towards the one million mark with the number of unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds reaching 963,000 at the end of February, 12,000 more than the previous quarter.
Alan Booth, spokesman for Catch22, said: "We talk about young people as the future, as the group that will create better, stronger communities but these figures show that they are falling behind in the very communities and the very opportunities they should be participating in.
"Young people have been hit hard, perhaps harder than most other groups. They have a right to be outraged. The recent economic restructuring, cuts in public spending, changes to employment and training opportunities and changes to welfare budgets have created unprecedented impacts on young people. When is it going to stop?"
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