< 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 actually warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as brand-new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, work or training.
The former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was a mounting financial danger to the nation, and urged a fundamental reset of policy covering schools, the health service and the welfare state.
Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior economics reporter, Richard Partington– watch on YouTube