Yesterday's announcement that youth unemployment has risen to 991,000 - the highest since records began in 1992 and 21.3% of under 25's eligible to work - is not unexpected, says David Blanchlower, writing in the New Statesman, 'the rise in youth unemployment is hardly a surprise given the government abolished the Future of Jobs Fund and the Educational Maintenance Allowance and reduced the number of university places. This coalition appears to be dead set on creating a lost generation'
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2011/10/youth-unemployment-jobs-work
