Number of Neets in UK could hit 1.25m by early 2030s, Milburn review will say

Urgent action needed to avoid ‘lost generation’, says the former Labour health secretary’s report, due on Thursday

Britain risks a 25% rise in the number of young people not in work or education to 1.25 million by the early 2030s without urgent government action to avoid a “lost generation”, a landmark report has warned.

Alan Milburn, the leader of the review into why so many young people are economically inactive, said the UK risked opening up a “generational fault line” between young and old without urgent steps to overhaul schools, the health service, the welfare system and the jobs market.