Youth Guarantee: A Step Towards Solving Youth Unemployment
Young people need a work promise, not just a youth guarantee, to tackle the root causes of unemployment.
Without a permanent, connected strategy linking education, skills, and work, the issue of youth unemployment will persist, treating symptoms rather than causes.
- Nearly a million 16 to 24-year-olds are not in education, employment, or training (NEET).
- More than six in ten are economically inactive.
- NEET rates have hit their highest recorded level in a decade.
Fragmentation has failed young people.
The government's refreshed youth guarantee is a welcome safety net, but it is not the solution. A connected, long-term youth employment strategy is necessary to address the causes of youth unemployment.
Author's summary: Youth guarantee is insufficient to tackle youth unemployment.