UK Risks ‘Lost Generation’ With Young in Mental Health Crisis
- Resolution Foundation says 34% of 18 to 24-year-olds affected
- ‘Epidemic’ keeping young people out of work, harming economy
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A mental health crisis is gripping young Britons and keeping many out of the workforce, threatening to blight the prospects of a generation unless urgent action is taken, according to new research.
The Resolution Foundation warned that workers in their early 20s are now more likely to be economically inactive due to ill heath than those in their 40s after a sharp increase in the last decade.