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ONS counted 981,000 16–24-year-old NEETs in April–June 2026, with 393,000 actively unemployed. The number has risen for four years and only Romania now has a higher NEET rate in the EU, the paper argues for urgent labour-market reform.
Argues for outcome‑based university funding as many UK institutions struggle: over a third reported deficits in 2024–25, forecast to rise to four in ten in 2025–26, with study visa applications down nearly a third in early 2026, squeezing revenues.
Labour’s new national apprenticeship scheme enrolled just 160 young people in its first eight months, far short of the 30,000 ‘foundation apprenticeship’ starts target by the end of this parliament, with the Adam Smith Institute blaming nationalisation for employers withdrawing.