Local authorities can have a big impact on reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training – the so-called NEETs – according to a report from Ofsted. It highlights how 12 local authorities have successfully attracted some of the most difficult young people to reach into work or learning.

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Education will be an important issue for first time voters when they go to the polls for the forthcoming General Election. Research by the independent education foundation, Edge, has found two fifths of young people between 18 and 22 believe education is more important now than it was at the last election.

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The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit has developed three new affordability indicators to show the ability to access home ownership and the affordability of maintaining a mortgage or renting in the private sector.

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