{"id":321253,"date":"2026-02-26T21:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-so-few-young-people-in-work\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:01:31","slug":"why-are-so-few-young-people-in-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-so-few-young-people-in-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are so few young people in work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/a1Du8UYAv5w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are so few young people in work?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1Du8UYAv5w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The number of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) rose again in the final three months of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Official estimates from the Office for National Statistics show that 957,000 people in this age group were NEET between October and December &#8211; 12.8% of the total.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 547,000 said they were not looking for work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) rose again in the final three months of last year. 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