Labour was last night urged to cut taxes on jobs amid warnings youth unemployment is heading towards 18 per cent for the first time in more than a decade.
In a bleak report that fuelled fears of a ‘lost generation’, the British Chambers of Commerce said it expects the jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds to rise from the current level of 16.2 per cent to 17.9 per cent by spring next year.
That would be the highest level since early 2014 and add another 79,000 to the army of youngsters unable to find a job – taking the total to over
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