Discussion meeting (via Zoom): A working class needs modern industry
Can a working class without real employment create progress? What’s the future for Britain without viable industry?
Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
During the Covid-19 pandemic young people have been hit particularly hard. Now the prospects for all workers, but for young workers in particular, are going from bad to worse…
22 April 2021
A new report describes the sharp grow in youth unemployment since the pandemic began. Britain’s young adults are disproportionately impacted by the economic crisis.
What kind of system turns its back on the young? Only one where the short term reigns...
1 February 2020
The YMCA released a report this week showing a real-terms decline of 70 per cent in youth services in England and Wales since 2010 – and warning of dire consequences.
25 September 2019
New analysis shows that councils’ spending on youth services in England has been reduced by 69 per cent in a decade.
In this issue we carry a number of articles about the dire position faced by young people in Britain today. They are scarcely out of the womb when the government’s testing regimes are applied to them.
Unemployment is clearly related to poor mental health in young adults. Students worried about studying and money – and these concerns are increasing – also have relatively poor mental health.
Young people struggle to find decent housing. Few are able to build up the cash for a deposit, so they are locked out of the housing market.
A forward-looking, optimistic, collectively minded society will nurture and encourage its youth, ensuring they know how important they are now and for the future.
Young people are not enthused by traditional politics – but that doesn’t mean they are apathetic. Harnessing and directing interest where young workers have economic power is not easy.
