The rise in youth unemployment to an 11-year high is not a marginal problem – it is an existential threat, setting up millions for a lifetime on benefits, says former health secretary Alan Milburn , who is leading an independent review into Neets T he jobs numbers out this week are the starkest and most sobering I’ve seen in decades. One in six young people is unemployed – an 11-year high. And, terrifyingly, almost 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training (the so-