Cost of Living Crisis Pushing UK Youth Out of School and Into Financial Hardship
- Unemployed young people turning down jobs due to unaffordable costs like transport and clothes
- 1 in 3 aged 16-25 can't afford qualifications needed for desired job
- Nearly 1 in 5 plan to leave education early to start earning money
- More than 2 in 5 said money worries made them unable to concentrate at school
- Half said cost of living crisis had worse impact on life than pandemic