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Young British men are NEETs—not in employment, education, or training—more than women

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Number of young British men who are neither in work nor preparing for the world of work is at its highest in over 10 years .

Inactivity represents a cost to the economy in lost potential output and tax revenue.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer must tackle rising worklessness in the male population.

Inactivity has hit the UK harder than other Group of Seven countries, where participation rates are back above pre-pandemic levels.

The main culprit is long-term sickness, which now accounts for almost a third of Britain ’s 9.3 million inactive people of working age.

Young people are more likely to suffer from mental-health conditions like anxiety and depression.