New research published by Youth Access, the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling and support services, indicates that, even before the downturn, more than two million 16- to 24-year-olds, many of them not in education, employment or training, experienced serious rights-related social welfare problems every year - yet fewer than half managed to obtain advice.
The recession is now pushing many more young people into unemployment and its inevitable consequences - debt, mental ill-health, problems with benefits and homelessness.
The research follows news that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has decided it wishes to further consider the long-awaited strategy for young people's information, advice and guidance services.
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