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‘Hundreds of job applications’: young people on their struggle to find work

Four young people in the UK share personal experiences of struggling to find stable, suitable work, facing barriers including competitive industries, lack of disability and neurodiversity workplace accommodations, socioeconomic disadvantage, and inability to take unpaid internships. Many receive support from youth employment charities, and the cited Milburn report confirms the UK labour market is increasingly failing young people, particularly young women.