Youth unemployment up on a year ago

The Commons Library’s latest briefing shows 715,000 16 to 24-year-olds unemployed in June to August 2026, a rate of 15.6%, up from 14.6% a year earlier. It also notes 981,000 young people were NEET in April to June 2026, after the number passed 1 million in January to March for the first time since 2013.

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