Commission on Youth Unemployment Articles

None of us know exactly what’s happening at the heart of the coalition. We like to take pot-shots at the Lib Dems for propping up George Osborne’s relentless drive towards the establishment of ‘free’ markets in every corner of civil society. And there is no doubt...

The government has fallen short on nearly all economic measures but its budget is unlikely to remedy this By Shamik Das —This month’s budget provides a good opportunity to reflect upon the present government’s economic record in the 22 months since the coalition came...

Shades of the 1980s It was déjà vu all over again as I waited for my interview on Radio 5 Live about the unemployment figures on Wednesday. Nigel Lawson was leading for the government – saying that people had to have ‘patience’. The government minister was talking...

One week since the publication of the Commission on Youth Unemployment's report, the same day as National Apprenticeship Week kicked off, there has been much debate on Progress and elsewhere about how to tackle the growing problem, including what Labour is doing...