Six in 10 Neets have never had a job, says Alan Milburn, as he warns of ‘generational faultline’ – UK politics live

<p>Government-commissioned report on young people not in employment, education or training warns ‘we have neither a system or a plan to deal with it’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/28/we-would-like-to-hear-from-young-people-in-the-uk-about-their-job-hunting-experience">Young people in the UK: how has the search for work been for you?</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Pat McFadden</strong>, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn.</p><p>He says Milburn’s report is “really important and powerful”.</p><p>I could see in the first few weeks after being appointed as the secretary of state what was happening, both in human and in financial terms, [in terms of youth unemployment].</p><p>And I knew that we had to get properly under the bonnet of this problem, because there’s a lot more thing than one thing happening here …</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/28/alan-milburn-neets-review-labour-youth-unemployment-uk-politics-live-latest-news">Continue reading...</a>