Do lots of young people not work these days ?

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Unemployment rises again as wage growth drops to lowest level in FOUR YEARS in latest blow to Rachel Reeves

The ONS cites a up from 0.1 per cent rise in the last three months to July
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Unemployment has risen by 297,000 over the past year, now reaching 4.8 per cent, while job openings have fallen for the 39th consecutive period.

Mr Harrison highlighted the disproportionate impact on younger workers, noting that 12 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds are unemployed, including 112,000 who have been out of work for more than a year.

“Ministers must learn from previous attempts to tackle long-term youth unemployment and ensure they support – not sanction – young people into real, paid opportunities,” he said.

He added that participants must be given “agency to make decisions that benefit their future careers and health.
 
Not that im excusing just being a mope about doing nothing, but we also need to zoom out and look at society in a larger context. A large part of the social contract seems to have broken down, degree inflation due to greedy unis churning them out so basic jobs even demand them. Imagine needing to get into debt to get a basic job you learn by doing the actual job?

The cost of living in general has hit everyone, but that carrot of owning a house having a family etc is also gone. Or at least you can do it, but with very great difficulty and the risk of 1 layoff in an unstable economy and you lose your house. Cost of kids is just mental, I know, my friend has 2.

I do sense a lot of general hopelessness.
 
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dowie said:
The thing is this gravy train is already under strain and it's only going to get worse - not only do we have the triple lock (which simply won't be affordable) but with younger generations becoming work shy and the flood of low quality immigrants then various parts of the state will become increasingly unaffordable - benefits and entitlements will inevitably need to be cut, including the disability benefits currently being grifted by so many.
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Not to worry next month this govt will just up the taxes for everyone who does work and/or business to pay for it all (like she's already laid the groudwork for "oh the whole world/economic situation has changed now". So thats alright, then.
 
CREATIVE!11 said:
Not that im excusing just being a mope about doing nothing, but we also need to zoom out and look at society in a larger context. A large part of the social contract seems to have broken down, degree inflation due to greedy unis churning them out so basic jobs even demand them. Imagine needing to get into debt to get a basic job you learn by doing the actual job?

The cost of living in general has hit everyone, but that carrot of owning a house having a family etc is also gone. Or at least you can do it, but with very great difficulty and the risk of 1 layoff in an unstable economy and you lose your house. Cost of kids is just mental, I know, my friend has 2.

I do sense a lot of general hopelessness.
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The younger generation aren't having kids anyway. So no need for them to worry about owning a house.
 
malachi said:
The younger generation aren't having kids anyway. So no need for them to worry about owning a house.
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They might be more inclined to have kids if there was a bit more hope of life being remotely affordable.

It seems vaguely reminiscent of it being hard to get animals to mate in captivity because they’re too stressed out by their surroundings.
 
it's not all doom and gloom, ok it's not going to be a huge percentage but Tesco train their store/office/warehouse staff to become HGV Drivers. Not 9-5 Mon-Fri but they're on good money, most will be on higher rate tax and it's not a stressful job, lots of downtime...

there must be similair opportunities in other sectors??
 
builder22 said:
it's not all doom and gloom, ok it's not going to be a huge percentage but Tesco train their store/office/warehouse staff to become HGV Drivers. Not 9-5 Mon-Fri but they're on good money, most will be on higher rate tax and it's not a stressful job, lots of downtime...

there must be similair opportunities in other sectors??
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HGV isn't a stressful job?
 
builder22 said:
Not 9-5 Mon-Fri
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You ain't kidding. I finished at 19:00 on Saturday and 14:30 on Sunday. Both the same start time!

I do agree in the current climate a couple both working in Tesco's. One as a hgv driver and the other in store would be on 80k combined before tax. That is something that isn't exactly hard to achieve. Plus the discounts of working for Tesco's must add onto that. Living anywhere outside of London catchment would easily get you on the housing ladder and bring up a couple of kids.

Living in the UK is still feasible and prosperous if you live in an area that still has access to reasonable housing. (3 bed detached around 300k).
 
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