‘I’m throwing everything at it’: one young man’s search for a job in Britain’s ‘worklessness capital’
Cohen, 19, set up his business, Co Co Mascots, in one of his many attempts to find work. Photograph: Polly…
UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace
Young people attending the London Job Show employment fair in the Westfield shopping centre in London on 15 May. Photograph:…
Teenagers’ non-custodial sentences for rape under review, UK government says
Jess Phillips told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘For those young women, going through a rape trial like this will…
I’m 21 and anxious about the future. How do I take care of myself without living in a bubble? | Leading questions
‘Think about it more. Try to expand what you can control,’ writes Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Painting: Woman Bathing Her Feet in…
All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why? | Zoe Williams
Illustration: Ben Jennings/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest…
‘Imperfections are what gives us character’: a prickly garden to help teenagers blossom
The garden features prickly poppies, a bird’s nest fern and verbascum arcturus. Photograph: Jim Powell/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe garden…
‘It makes me feel quite dehumanised’: young at London career fair lay bare barriers to a job
‘It makes me feel quite dehumanised’: young at London career fair lay bare barriers to a job UK capital is…
You’ve heard the king’s speech – but I think a better one might run like this | David Blunkett
Clasroom, King Charles, shopper in a supermarket Composite: Rex Shutterstock/Arthur Edwards/AFP/Getty Images/Hollie Adams/ReutersView image in fullscreenClasroom, King Charles, shopper in…
Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare
The BMA claimed some of the government’s actions after the review’s publication, such as banning puberty blockers on the NHS,…