< img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/361d1f2a270de79f9a7634bdcec412fd86feff37/1183_345_6450_5160/master/6450.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=fc1e52e2357c2f9baa0c229cadc9e0ef" alt ="" > A landmark report has warned that the UK runs the risk of a ‘lost generation’ of youths, as brand-new figures reveal that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, employment or training.
The previous Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was an installing economic danger to the country, and urged an essential reset of policy covering schools, the health service and the welfare state.
Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior economics reporter, Richard Partington– view on YouTube