Many students and teachers will be looking at the issue of rising unemployment in the UK at the moment - focusing on the causes of effects of a high number out of work and also the effectiveness of different strategies for getting people back in a job. Youth unemployment is an especially important structural problem in the labour market and new figures find that nearly one young person in five is unemployed. Indeed 260,000 under-16s live in homes where nobody has ever worked. Here are five links to supporting resources including news articles, background comment pieces and videos.

1/ David Blanchflower “Scrapping the EMA and cutting the young adrift” Guardian

2/ BBC news video “2.5 million jobless as youth unemployment hits record high”

3/ The Telegraph “Youth unemployment: can’t work or won’t work?”

4/ Guardian video “Youth unemployment a worsening problem in Leeds”

5/ Radio 4 Today Discussion “Young people ‘have given up hope’ of work”