There are 959,000 young people aged 16 to 24 not in employment, education or training (Neet), according to statistics published last week, with the dreaded toll of one million now inevitable.
The government has been throwing money at the problem, from the £1bn Future Jobs Fund to the £140m to create 35,000 apprenticeships, 21,000 of them in the public sector. But it's difficult to quantify the effects of the many new initiatives. So what really works when it comes to getting young people into work?
The Future Jobs Fund, which was announced in the Budget earlier this year, is starting to get off the ground.
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