Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
The IPPR has published a ‘local youth opportunity index’ to track job vacancies in Britain. Photograph: Ben Molyneux Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenShoppers in Rotherham. It urged ministers to prioritise overhauling the apprenticeship system and to create a new “work start” programme that would fund youth jobs in areas with too few entry-level opportunities.
- ▪The IPPR has published a ‘local youth opportunity index’ to track job vacancies in Britain.
- ▪Photograph: Ben Molyneux Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenShoppers in Rotherham.
- ▪It urged ministers to prioritise overhauling the apprenticeship system and to create a new “work start” programme that would fund youth jobs in areas with too few entry-level opportunities.
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Shoppers in Rotherham. The IPPR has published a ‘local youth opportunity index’ to track job vacancies in Britain. Photograph: Ben Molyneux Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenShoppers in Rotherham. The IPPR has published a ‘local youth opportunity index’ to track job vacancies in Britain. Photograph: Ben Molyneux Photography/AlamyYouth unemploymentRevealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young peopleRotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council areaRichard Partington Senior economics correspondentWed 16 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleYoung people in Rotherham face a local jobs market with the fewest suitable opportunities in Britain, according to a report that warns stark regional divisions…
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