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More than a million young people in the UK not in work or learning
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- Six O'Clock News
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- May 28, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1844
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Summary
The author of a government-commissioned review of the rising number of young people not in employment or education has said there needs to be a whole-system reset to tackle the issue. New figures show more than a million people aged between 16 and 24-years-old were neither working nor learning in the first three months of this year.Delivering his report, the former Labour cabinet minister, Alan Milburn, said 'NEETs' were caught in a perfect storm, and that the first rung of the career ladder was now simply out of reach for many young people. Also: American and Iranian negotiators are believed to have agreed the framework of a deal that would extend the ceasefire in the Gulf for 60 days, and trigger talks on the future of Iran's nuclear programme. And: a group of scientists has advised against a national screening programme for prostate cancer.