UK 'MORAL FAILURE': One Million Young People Not Working or Training...

Nearly a million British teenagers and young adults ages 16 to 24 are neither working, studying, nor in training—a figure Prime Minister Andy Burnham is framing as both an economic and moral crisis. Burnham argues the welfare system currently rewards idleness by offering benefits without requiring job-seeking effort, and he's pledging to flip that model: future support will start by asking what young people want to achieve, then connect them to apprenticeships and employment. The government plans this week to announce tens of thousands of new job placements across construction, accounting, law, and consulting, alongside a policy review due next month that recommends shifting welfare spending toward work support instead.