Young graduates reluctant to move for new jobs, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation says there has been a marked fall in UK labour mobility since the turn of the millennium

The unwillingness of young graduates to move from their home regions is behind a marked drop in Britain's labour mobility since the turn of the millennium, a thinktank has said.

A study by the Resolution Foundation showed that the share of the population prepared to switch both region and employer in 2016 had fallen from 0.8% to 0.6%.

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