Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

Drawing together existing funding and entitlements, Labour will establish a youth guarantee of access to training, an apprenticeship, or support to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds, to bring down the number of young people who are not learning or earning.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

What the official figures show

Young people aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK, April to June 2024 (baseline)

872000people

2026-10-23 · Office for National Statistics, Young people not in education, employment or training · receipt

Young people aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK, April to June 2026 (latest)

981000people

2026-10-23 · Office for National Statistics, Young people not in education, employment or training · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.