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Young, down and out of work

New Statesman·Anoosh Chakelian·about 1 month ago
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Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It’s just after 10.30am, and Dean’s eyes are filled with sleep. Stooping in his doorway, he mumbles that I should come back later. His Italian mastiff, Stella, grizzles dozily from within. It seems I’ve woken her up too. “I don’t have a proper bedtime; my routine is weird,” Dean (which isn’t his real name) tells me. He usually tries, though, to wake up by 10am, and take long dog walks to get him out. “There’s not much discipline in my life, so I have to discipline myself instead.” I’m on a terraced street on the outskirts of Blackpool town centre, trying to work out what a day in the life is like for Britain’s Neets: the 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training. Around one in eight young people are now Neets, with the overall figure reaching 957,000 earlier this year.…

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