Youth unemployment in The UK

The United Kingdom is suffering from having three quarters of young people not employed. Source?  “More than 650,000 young people are classified as NEETs (not in education, employment, or training), or 9 percent of the total. The number of under-25s in work has fallen rapidly since 2008.” Associated Newspapers (2012).That might cause uncountable numbers of problems. Young people find it hard to search for a job. If young people do not have something to live for, they will feel disappointed and the will have a miserable life. Former Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King warned: UK economic activity will be broadly flat until the middle of next year and the country faces a difficult economic environment. Mount,J. (2013). So youth unemplyment is unlikely to fall. The unemployed might be tempted to commit many crimes such as stealing, driving while they are drinking alcohol, selling drugs and kidnapping people, because of their lack of money. For that problem there are many solutions: they should get up early and look for a job even if the salary is low, it may increase in time. The place where they are going to work in should give them a salary for two months to buy new clothes and pay the rent, if they need to live away from their parents and move to a new area. The government should support young people by finding a job for them. The best way is to set up businesses to take them on. That could lead to changing the economy in the country. It seems that the above solutions may alleviate the problem. The big fault is on the people who rely on the future to employ them, instead of going and apply for jobs. Apprenticeship schemes?

Bibliography:

Associated Newspapers (2012) Double whammy as youth jobless breaks 1m barrier for first time and Britain faces one in three chance of a double-dip recession. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062088/UK-youth-unemployment-Figures-young-jobless-total-tops-1m.html. (Accessed: 2^nd February 2014).

Mount,J. (2013) UK faces most severe youth unemployment crisis in decades. Available at: http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/21/unem-d21.html. (Accessed: 2^nd February 2014).

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