‘Mountain to climb’: how Labour is facing a crisis in youth unemployment

The government is adding an extra year, and an extra 45m, to its scheme in England to help people find work

Getting started in the world of work was not easy for Rose Green. Having experienced half a dozen children's homes from the age of 13 while growing up in care in north London, finding a career was the last thing on her mind.

Having that corporate parenting, it can be difficult," she says. Sometimes things like completing school, or uni, you're faced with so much trauma that you haven't really got the time to finish all of that.