6 hours ago Kate McGough Education reporter Getty Images Sixteen-year-old Chloe is certain that if she hadn't received early support, she would likely be one of the million young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or training today, also known by the acronym Neet. Chloe suffers from severe anxiety and left school when she was 14 to be educated at home in Sefton, Merseyside. But Chloe found that she was growing increasingly anxious about leaving the house and was unsure about her next steps. "I was only doing my maths and English at home; I wasn't going out of the house or anything, I was just doing that." She was then identified by her local council as needing early support to avoid becoming Neet. Before 2019, Sefton Council had only offered careers support to the over-16s, but seven years ago they decided to try something different and target under-16s who were most at risk of becoming Neet, with one-to-one support delivered through a charity called Career Connect .…