by Liz Edwards | Aug 27, 2026
New figures out today estimate 981,000 young people in the UK aren’t earning or learning. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics cover April-June this year, and show a fall of 30,000 on the previous quarter but a rise of 30,000 on the same...
by Amy Coyle | Jul 15, 2026
Each young person not earning or learning costs the UK £244,000 over their lifetime, according to research published today. A new report from the youth charity Impetus sets out 14...
by Liz Edwards | Jul 8, 2026
The Minister for Employment (on the right of the banner, above) has seen first hand how young people grow to believe in themselves through being challenged and supported on the Spear Programme. Dame Diana Johnson visited...
by Liz Edwards | May 28, 2026
A new report predicts that the UK is on course to have 1.25 million young people out of work and education within five years. Alan Milburn’s interim report on the causes of persistently high unemployment and youth inactivity – which was commissioned by the...
by Liz Edwards | May 1, 2026
More than 12,000 jobless young people have now benefited from one of the UK’s most effective youth employment programmes. Spear, formerly known as Resurgo, started coaching young people in 2003 in a basement in Hammersmith,...
