Young People and Work Report: Call for Evidence

In November 2025 the government commissioned the Right Honourable Alan Milburn to author a report that will seek to understand drivers of the increase in the number of young people who are Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET).

This call for evidence invites feedback from anyone with relevant lived experience, knowledge and expertise as to what the root cause of this rise in economic inactivity might be driven by.

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