"Immigration isn't to blame" for Neet crisis

HIGH levels of immigration are not to blame for the rise in young people who are working nor learning, Alan Milburn said as he published his first report on youth joblessness.

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The former Labour cabinet minister said his review had found "no evidence" of a link between migration levels and the number of young people not in employment, education or training (Neet).

He told a press conference in London: "It's a blame-game issue. We just sort of blame immigration as the problem - it's not really, it isn't!"