{"id":72778,"date":"2026-03-29T02:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/the-briefing-room-why-is-youth-unemployment-in-the-uk-so-high\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T02:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:47:25","slug":"the-briefing-room-why-is-youth-unemployment-in-the-uk-so-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/the-briefing-room-why-is-youth-unemployment-in-the-uk-so-high\/","title":{"rendered":"The Briefing Room &#8211; Why is youth unemployment in the UK so high?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Available for over a year<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-whitespace-pre-line sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">It&#8217;s a tough time for any young person looking for a job at the  moment. While overall unemployment is running at just over 5 percent,  there\u2019s particular concern about a large group of 16 to 24 year olds &#8211; almost a million of them (12.8%)  who are not in employment, education or training. And that includes recent graduates in that age bracket. They\u2019re known as NEETS. David Aaronovitch and guests discuss why they&#8217;re in this situation &#8211; is it down to the state of the economy,  their own ability to work or that ever present fear &#8211; AI?<\/p>\n<p>Guests: <\/p>\n<p>Jack Kennedy, Senior Economist, Indeed Hiring Lab<br \/>\nLindsay Judge, Research Director, The Resolution Foundation<br \/>\nXiaowei Xu, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies.<br \/>\nJohn Burn-Murdoch, Chief Data Reporter, The Financial Times<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: David Aaronovitch<br \/>\nProducers: Caroline Bayley, Nathan Gower, Kirsteen Knight<br \/>\nProduction Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele<br \/>\nSound Engineer: James Beard<br \/>\nEditor: Richard Vadon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m002t2vv\" aria-label=\"Programme Website of Why is youth unemployment in the UK so high?\" data-testid=\"programme-website-link\" class=\"sw-group sw-inline-flex sw-items-center sw-pt-4\"><span class=\"sw-text-primary sw-font-bold sw-transition sw-ease sw-transition-colors sw-duration-350 motion-reduce:sw-transition-none group-active:sw-text-accent group-active:sw-underline group-focus-visible:sw-text-accent group-focus-visible:sw-underline group-hover:sw-text-accent group-hover:sw-underline sw-text-brevier\">Programme Website<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sw-ease sw-transition motion-reduce:sw-transition-none sw-duration-350 sw-transition sw-ease sw-duration-350 motion-reduce:sw-transition-none sw-ml-2 sw-ml-1 sw-inline-block sw-fill-accent\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M21.9,16.9v11.5H3.7V10.2h11.1V7.6H1V31h23.6V16.9H21.9z M18,1v2.6h10.2l-0.5-1.1L11,19l1.9,1.9L29.6,4.3l-1.2-0.5V14H31V1 H18z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><button class=\"sw-group sw-text-pica sw-block sw-w-fit sw-pt-4\"><span class=\"sw-text-primary sw-font-bold sw-transition sw-ease sw-transition-colors sw-duration-350 motion-reduce:sw-transition-none group-active:sw-text-accent group-active:sw-underline group-focus-visible:sw-text-accent group-focus-visible:sw-underline group-hover:sw-text-accent group-hover:sw-underline sw-mr-0.5\">Show less<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"0.75rem\" height=\"0.75rem\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sw-ease sw-transition motion-reduce:sw-transition-none sw-duration-350 sw-ml-1 sw-mt-1 sw-inline-block sw-fill-accent\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M0 18L16 0l16 18z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002t2vv?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available for over a year It&#8217;s a tough time for any young person looking for a job at the moment. While overall unemployment is running at just over 5 percent, there\u2019s particular concern about a large group of 16 to 24 year olds &#8211; almost a million of them (12.8%) who are not in employment, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[14692,991,2340,3302,4541],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72780,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72778\/revisions\/72780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}