“Unemployment has been rising and young people in particular are feeling the effects.”

So began BBC Radio 4 World at One’s report on yesterday’s Labour Market data release from the Office for National Statistics. The facts are stark, the number of under 25s out of work has hit 757,000, with one in seven young people are now unemployed. To be clear, those are young people who are actively seeking work but unable to secure a job.

... to read the rest of this article by our Chief Executive Officer, Anna Ambrose, head on over to the full exclusive on the FE News site.