Rising youth unemployment (UK)

No way to start out in life

Jul 16th 2009 From The Economist print edition

The plight of the young jobless calls into question Labour’s record

THE human cost of the recession is felt most keenly by the unemployed. That cost, already high and rising, is steepest of all for young people who cannot find work. They are emerging as the prime victims of the slump.
The overall unemployment rate rose to 7.6% of the labour force during the three months to May, according to official figures published on July 15th. A year earlier it stood at just 5.2%. The total number of jobless is now close to 2.4m after increasing by a record 281,000 over the previous quarter, the three months to February.

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