Alan Milburn

As an employer, I know all of these things are not straightforward.

They never are.

But if we're going to solve this problem, then it can't just be about what the government does.

This has got to become a national cause for the country.

It's got to become a movement for change where we're all accepting, whether as parents, as government, as local authorities,

As mayors, as employers, we all have a part to play in solving this.

Yeah, so I agree with that.

And I think schools have got a special responsibility in several regards here.

One, if you look at other countries that have got far lower rates of young people, not in education, employment and training than ours.

So think of Holland, for example, about third the rate that we have.

Ireland, half the rate.

Germany, much lower.

Japan, much lower.

One of the common characteristics is work experience is much more baked into what schools do.

Here, it's totally haphazard.

I mean, it really is.

Very often kids are just told, off you go, go and find a week's work experience.

It's actually really important because then they get a taste of the workplace and critically, then they're able to tell a future prospective employer, I've done this.

So at least they've got something to point to.

So we've got to look at work experience.