Labour’s hypocrisy on the rise of young NEETs
Joe Woolfall, South Liverpool Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds were 66% more likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET) than average, a report from charity Impetus has found. The north of England and the Midlands held the highest rate of NEETs, but all regions in the country have areas defined as deprived…
Housing lists top 100 years in some boroughs
Socialist polices could end the housing crisis Lottie Young, Waltham Forest Young Socialists Waiting lists for a family-sized social home now exceed 100 years in a number of local authorities, a report from the National Housing Federation has found. 164,040 children in England are homeless and stuck in damaging temporary accommodation, a dire situation that…
Bosses cut our hours to pay their taxes
Hospitality worker I’d like to take a punt and say most MPs haven’t worked in hospitality. Or any precarious job that means hours and pay can differ week to week. If they had, there’s no way the Employment Rights Bill would be as watered down as it is! The so-called ban on zero-hour contracts and…
More young people are unemployed: we won’t pay for bosses’ crisis
Joe Waters, Gloucestershire Socialist Party The number of unemployed young people reached an eleven-year high at the end of 2024. Almost one million 16 to 24-year-olds, around one in seven, are not in work, education or training. As the economy falters, bosses are talking about making more job cuts this year. And young people will…
Bring halls back, build council houses and control the rent
Jonathan Osako, Birmingham Young Socialist Student rent has increased by an average of 14.73% between 2022 and 2023, according to research from NatWest. In some places by as much as 20%, in 2024, the average monthly rent is now £689.43! And it’s not just the rent going up. In fact the only thing that’s not…
New government, same capitalist system!
Fight for £15/hour , free education, affordable homes – and socialism! The Tories were crushed at the general election. Reduced to their lowest vote in a century, they have been punished for 14 years of attacks on the working class, the young and the vulnerable. But the new Labour government intends to serve the interests…
We need high-quality, genuinely affordable housing
Rae Cox Young workers face enormous challenges accessing the basics in life, and nowhere is this more obvious than with housing. In Oxford, where I live, median house prices are over 12 times higher than median annual incomes, that’s nearly 50% higher than the average for England and Wales. So for young workers, renting is…
Fight for a socialist alternative – now and after the election!
Overworked and underpaid?Saddled with student debt and sky-high rents?Disgusted by all the warmongering politicians? Millions of young people will be delighted to see the Tories kicked out at the general election. But a new Starmer Labour government won’t give us a future to look forward to. We need at least a £15-an-hour minimum wage, living…
National service? How about a secure job and free education?
Frankie Coultas, Southampton Young Socialists In a move that can be described as cynical to the point of self-parody, the Conservative Party has announced its election pledge to bring back national service. For his reasoning behind the move, Rishi Sunak argued that it would improve job and study opportunities for young people. He did not,…
Ban zero-hour contracts: We need a party to stand up for workers
John Williams, Unite Wales Youth Committee You’d think that in Britain in 2024, the sixth-richest country on earth, basic workers’ rights such as having breaks after six hours of work and knowing your shifts weeks in advance would be a given. But, having worked in hospitality, the stories I hear never fail to amaze me.…
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