The shocking numbers mean 60,000 more 16 to 24 year-olds are classed as not in education, employment or training (NEETs) than when Labour came to power two years ago.
'I could hear nurses in the background': How a Tinder swindler convinced victims he was a multi-millionaire cancer patient and ex-special forces soldier and conned them out of £68,000... before he was finally caught
Joseph Gibson, 35, lied that he had served in the Special Boat Service, owned luxury yachts and, even claimed, he was a multimillionaire cancer patient.