Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has been named 'Oldie of the year' by a magazine which describes itself as the "antidote to youth culture".

In Europe, a deteriorating youth marginalization is creating the preconditions for a social earthquake capable of shaking the old continent and impairing the survival of the Euro, writes Edoardo Campanella, economic adviser at the Italian Senate. More »

This year alone, high youth unemployment will cost government £4.8bn in lost tax revenues and unemployment benefits, more than the budget for further education for 16 to 19 year-olds, and cost the economy £10.7bn in lost output, the report said. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which contributed to the report, said

Former foreign secretary says he would be interested in returning to front bench – ‘leaving office was like the end of a love affair’

The Scottish government is to unveil how it will tackle youth unemployment which is at its highest for a generation.

Young people should be offered a good job within four months after leaving school, EU leaders will say at an informal summit today (30 January), according to a draft statement obtained by EurActiv. The measure was criticised as empty rhetoric by European socialists. More »

One prominent member of Liberal Youth hits the nail on the head when she says ‘[I am] frankly sick of all this I’m a social liberal so I’m a better Lib Dem; no it’s Orange Bookers that are real Lib Dems… we’re in the same party ffs.’ And the contrasting Economist correspondent missed the target by a mile when he...

On the occasion of the first visit of the new Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev to Brussels, Commission President José Manuel Barroso outlined an initiative to fight youth unemployment, which is most likely to be adopted at Monday's EU summit on growth and jobs. More »

  German Family Minister Kristina Schröder announced plans on Tuesday to devote 2 million euros ($2.6 million) to the establishment of a nationwide information and research center to combat right-wing extremism. Meeting with Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, representatives of trade unions and members of the religious, sporting, immigrant, welfare, and youth communities at a s...

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Will the hon. Lady explain why Labour Ministers accepted and approved such grotesque contracts for RBS, so that they now personify payment for failure? Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab): We introduced a bank bonus tax to get some money back from the banks. The Government refused to go ahead with