Reversing UK employment tax rises ‘would do little to help young people find jobs’

The Resolution Foundation challenges a popular assumption about youth employment policy. As business groups push for tax cuts and lower minimum wages for young workers, the think tank's research suggests these measures would have minimal impact on hiring. Instead, the research advocates for direct investment: more apprenticeships and expanded youth support grants. The finding contradicts business lobbying, but the data indicates that structural support and training opportunities create more job prospects for young people than tax relief alone. According to their analysis, reported by The Guardian, the real bottleneck isn't employer costs—it's access to skills development.

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