Youth unemployment may have peaked in the UK, but the legacy of close to one million jobless young people will not go away quickly.
Some business groups are urging the Government to act as a matter of urgency, including tax breaks and other incentives in the 2014 budget. We have recently published a series of articles highlighting the success of coordinated approaches, bringing together government, business, educational establishments and NGOs.
But what do young people think the solution is?
To find out, we spent the afternoon at Queen Mary University in east London, where much attention focussed on the opportunities for young people from low income backgrounds, together with disdain for the unpaid internship. We also asked them to rate their prospects of getting the job they want after graduation. The results were surprisingly mixed.
