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Guardian to follow lives of eight young people in their search for work

Before the landmark Alan Milburn review, which is expected on Tuesday, the Guardian is launching a new series to chronicle the lives of eight young people battling to get a start on the career ladder.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 14, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

Across the country, almost a million young people – one in eight – are struggling to make the leap from school to the world of work on a lasting basis.

Series to shine light on one of biggest crises facing UK ‘The social contract is broken’: young people on feeling shut out of careers Britain is at risk of creating a lost generation.

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