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Fixing UK’s youth jobs crisis demands much more investment, TUC boss warns
UK NewsPoliticsBusiness•November 9, 2026 at 6:00 AMNational

Fixing UK’s youth jobs crisis demands much more investment, TUC boss warns

By Richard Partington•The Guardian - UK News

Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this weekFixing Britain’s youth jobs crisis will require ministers to drastically increase investment in employment support while avoiding arbitrary cuts to benefits, the head of the trade union movement has said.Before an important official report expected next week, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Paul Nowak, said the government had a “once in a generation chance” to secure young people’s futures. Continue reading...

Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this week

Fixing Britain’s youth jobs crisis will require ministers to drastically increase investment in employment support while avoiding arbitrary cuts to benefits, the head of the trade union movement has said.

Before an important official report expected next week, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Paul Nowak, said the government had a “once in a generation chance” to secure young people’s futures.

Continue reading...