A new report by a coalition of organisations specialising in youth unemployment and training, including the Institute of Employment Studies, the Association of Colleges and the Learning and Work Institute, states that: “Independent researchers believe five years of jobs growth has been wiped out in one month, while the number of vacancies available for those out-of-work has slumped to its lowest since the mid-1990s.”
Young people along with women and the lowest paid have been hardest hit by the downturn, the report warns, as it calls on the government to create a £1bn youth guarantee and commit urgent investment in education and back-to-work support.
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