PM Burnham warns UK youth unemployment is an economic catastrophe and moral failure

Prime Minister Andy Burnham warns that nearly one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (Neets), calling the situation an "economic catastrophe and moral failure". He argues the government should invest in young people's success rather than pay for failure through benefits, flagging a shift in welfare approach to focus on ambitions and skills. The government is expected to announce thousands of new youth apprenticeships and job placements this week.