1 Million Young People Left Behind — Labour’s Jobs Tax Is Making It Worse

Britain has a serious youth jobs crisis — and the numbers are getting harder to ignore. In my latest chat with Mike Graham, we discussed the growing number of young people who are not in education, employment or training, the collapse of the first rung of the jobs ladder, and why Labour’s jobs tax is making it more expensive for employers to take a chance on young workers. For years, young people were told to stay in education, go to university, take on debt, and the opportunities would follow. But what happens when they leave university with debt, weak job prospects, AI threatening entry-level roles, and employers facing higher costs for hiring? We also discussed: • Why the school-to-work pipeline is broken • Why apprenticeships and vocational routes need to be taken seriously • How welfare is managing failure rather than preventing it • The rise in young people economically inactive • Why Britain is having fewer babies • How migration is changing the demographic future of the country • The latest small boats figures • Andy Burnham, Labour, Reform, Restore and the political chaos ahead This is the real state of the nation. Britain is not short of young people with potential. It is short of a system that gives them a proper chance. 📊 Read more data-driven analysis: https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/ Follow me: X: @statsjamie Facebook: @statsjamie Instagram: @statsjamie TikTok: @statsjamieofficial YouTube: @statsjamie #YouthUnemployment #Labour #UKPolitics #JobsTax #Apprenticeships #MikeGraham #TalkTV #Immigration #SmallBoats #FertilityCrisis #StatOfTheNation #StatsJamie