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Posted on 06/07/2026 12:56:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
While Alan Milburn was busy insisting that Britain's youth worklessness crisis has nothing to do with immigration, a think tank quietly published figures that told a very different story.
According to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), which was set up by former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, 27 young non-EU migrants have been hired for every one young British worker since 2020.
In other words, while the number of non-EU under-25s on UK payrolls has risen by 290,000 since the start of the decade, the number of young Britons employed increased by just 11,000 over the same period. Meanwhile, young people classified as Neet (not in education, employment or training) rose by almost 200,000.
How can anyone seriously argue there is no correlation here? Of course, immigration is not the sole cause of youth worklessness. But to pretend mass migration has had no impact whatsoever on the youth labour market shows a wilful kind of blindness.
Milburn's headline findings are alarming enough. An interim report by the former Blairite minister has warned that the number of Neets is on course to soar by nearly a third over the next five years. That would mean more than 1.25 million young people effectively cut adrift. That would amount to one in six under-25s being classed as economically inactive, compared with roughly one in eight today.
Mr Milburn described the situation as a "whole-system failure", blaming outdated education, welfare and healthcare structures that were no longer capable of preparing young people for adult life. There is undoubtedly truth in that diagnosis.
Britain's institutions have failed many young people, particularly since the pandemic. Some schools aren't fit for purpose, mental health services are overwhelmed and welfare systems that were once a safety net have become a trap.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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The Left still refuses to admit the truth about
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Sounds like another "perfect storm," which perhaps will be seen as a "wake-up call."
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