ANALYSIS: Britain grappling with surge in youth unemploymentReuters, LONDONThe rise in the Britain’s youth unemployment rate to a 10-year high is posing tough questions for the center-left government about its policy of phasing out a lower minimum wage for younger workers. Youth unemployment in the UK now exceeds that in the EU. The headline unemployment rate hit its lowest since the 1970s at 3.6 percent in 2022. Approaches to youth minimum wage rates vary widely across Europe. “In a world where the youth labor market looks rocky ... big increases in the youth minimum wage rate are probably the wrong way to go,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 20, 2026 16:49 UTC