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Wirral Working 4 Health offers help to get back to work - Liverpool Daily Post 6th January 2010
"A WIRRAL health body has launched a service to help people get back into work."
The Prince’s Trust YouGov Youth Index 2010
This report reveals how unemployed young people living in the UK today are already less happy with their friendships, family life and health than those in work. They are also more likely to feel ashamed, rejected and unloved.This report reveals how unemployed young people living in the UK today are already less happy with their friendships, family life and health than those in work. They are also more likely to feel ashamed, rejected and unloved.
Jobless youths 'at risk from drugs' - The Guardian 4th January 2010
"Unemployed young people face a lifetime of poorer health, with one in 10 claiming that being out of work drove them to drugs or alcohol, according to new research.
A study of over 2,000 unemployed people aged between 16 and 25 also showed they were more likely to feel ashamed, rejected and unloved, which could become "permanent psychological scars"."
Recession will lead to 'lost generation' of young people - The Guardian 4th January 2010
"A Prince's Trust survey warns that young victims of the recession will find it hard to secure jobs and attain happiness in the future"
Suicidal despair of 1 in 3 young jobless: Tragic human cost of the recession is revealed - Daily Mail 4th January 2010
"One young jobless person in three has felt suicidal, a report warns today.
The Prince's Trust youth index, the largest of its kind, lays bare the misery faced by those aged 16 to 24 who find themselves jobless. "
Prince's Trust fears unemployment effect on youths - BBC Health News 4th January 2010
"Unemployed young people could suffer from "permanent psychological scars" due to being out of work, according to a survey by the Prince's Trust.
A YouGov poll of more than 2,000 people aged between 16 and 25 showed one in 10 of those who had been out of work had turned to drugs or alcohol abuse. "
Cameron pledges end to poverty trap for jobless - The Independent 28th October 2009
"Some of Britain's unemployed are worse off when they accept a job, David Cameron claimed yesterday as he promised to simplify the country's benefits system and put an end to the "poverty trap"."
The girls living on just one meal a day: Teens risk health to copy stick-thin celebrities eating disorder anorexia bulimia - Daily Mail 13th October 2009
Teenage girls are routinely missing two meals a day because they believe they need to lose weight, a major survey of children's lifestyles has revealed.
Twenty-six per cent of 14 and 15-year-olds often don't eat breakfast, 22 per cent skip lunch and 10 per cent regularly go without either, the study found.
'Lost generation' fear as third of young are still on dole after six months - Daily Mail 13th October 2009
"More than one in three young people on the dole have been jobless for more than six months - the worst rate for 15 years.\n\nThe analysis from trade union research adds to growing evidence that the recession is giving rise to a 'lost generation'. "
Unemployment hits 14-year high of 2.47m as one in five young people are now jobless - Daily Mail 17th September 2009
Britain is facing a 'national disaster' as youth unemployment hits record levels, senior economists warned yesterday.
Nearly a fifth of those aged between 16 and 24 are unable to find work - a total of 947,000 young people.
'Expect suicides' with recession - BBC Health News 8th July 2009
Rates of suicide, murders and heart attacks will go up as the economy continues its downturn, experts warn.
The predictions are based on an analysis in the Lancet of economic changes and death rates in 26 EU countries over the past three decades.
Unemployed an 'advantage' as men see doctor more, says minister - The Telegraph 25th March 2009
A health minister last night claimed that unemployment could be an "advantage" because it would encourage more men to see their doctor.
The real telly tubbies: X Factor failure's 83-stone family claim they are simply too fat to work- Daily Mail 17th March 2009
They have a combined weight of 83 stone and claim £22,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits on the basis they are ‘too fat to work’.
Yet, incredibly, X Factor failure Emma Chawner's family from Blackburn are demanding more money - because they still can’t afford their calorie-laden lifestyle.
Asked why they don’t simply go on a diet, the jobless Chawner family who are so obese their neighbours call them ‘the telly tubbies’ insist: ‘We don’t have the time.’
The recession is bad for your health, experts warn - The Telegraph 10th March 2009
Recessions are bad for health because of the rise in unemployment and young people would be better off in college than on the dole, a researcher has argued.
Grim state of vulnerable young: One in ten youths think their life is 'not worth living' - Daily Mail 5th January 2009
They are at an age when life should be exciting and full of hope. But one in ten young people think their lives are 'not worth living', according to a report.\n\nThe survey of 16 to 25-year-olds paints a grim picture of a lost generation of youngsters crippled by a lack of career opportunities, low self-esteem and family breakdown.
Warning over youth mental health - BBC Health News 5th January 2009
The Prince's Trust is warning that young unemployed adults need more help to deal with mental health problems.
One in 10 youngsters questioned in a survey disagreed that "life was really worth living". Those not in work or education were less likely to be happy.
Prescription for 'sicknote capital' - Manchester Evening News 18th December 2008
A COMMUNITY blighted by high unemployment and sickness united to unveil a blueprint for its future prosperity.
Neighbours gathered alongside council, police and health bosses at Rochdale town hall to launch a radical new plan to transform the future of Falinge.
Editorial: The benefits of welfare reform outweigh the risks - The Observer 23rd November 2008
Rising unemployment makes the case for systemic change stronger, as long as the reforms are seen to be fair
Michael White's political briefing: Welfare reform is a painful process - The Guardian 28th October 2008
Talk of welfare reform usually triggers strong emotions and yesterday's revamp of incapacity benefit (IB), a tough policy legacy from the Thatcher era, is no exception. Ministers are routinely accused by campaigners and academics of failing to understand the deep-seated problems of chronically ill, disabled or mentally unstable people.
Letters to the Telegraph - The Telegraph 28th October 2008
You report the problem of medical unemployment.\n\nMany of the unemployed doctors are newly qualified and have been prevented from entering the pre-registration period.\n\nThese doctors have undergone rigorous training and passed stiff examinations, often incurring heavy debts.\n\nThe registration of doctors is the responsibility of the General Medical Council, not the medical schools, which are responsible for the training of doctors and for setting their examinations.
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