Long-term youth unemployment grows eight-fold since 2000

The report by the TUC reveals an “enormous” increase in long-term youth unemployment over the past 12 years, with the number of 18 to 24 year-olds out of work for a year or more rising by 874pc, from 6,260 in 2000 to 60,955 in 2012. In the last year alone, youth joblessness lasting 12 months or more has gone up by 264pc, the research found. ...Telegraph