Die Zahl der Absolventen, die Leistungen beantragen, steigt auf 700.000

„Analysis of official data by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) showed there were 707,000 people with a university degree at the end of last year who were out of work and claiming one or more benefits.

This is up 46pc compared with pre-lockdown levels in 2019 and has been driven by a doubling in the number of graduates who claim they cannot work because of a health condition.“

That can’t be cheap.

Oh yeah the cretins who keep raising taxes are gonna raise them even harder.

It will be interesting to see how much of this is for MH.

While most university graduates are absolutely being shafted with high debt and low wages, they are absolutely able to find a job.

Yes it will be one with lower wages than they are expecting which again, is a giant fuck you. However I suspect the very vast majority do not require them to be on welfare.

A university graduate can absolutely walk into any minimum wage job. That should be pushed on them then rather than talking welfare. Welfare isn’t there to subsidise the fact you cant find a good job in your field.

Not that I don’t have sympathy for university graduates unable to find decent paying jobs (I was one). However I just don’t see how they can justify going on welfare unless they have had a life alternating situation since graduation.

I got stuck on job hunting after graduating. Anything relevant to my degree wound up turning me down for lack of experience, even got exploited to do free work by a company just to bulk up my CV. And all minimum wage jobs turned me down for being over-experienced. I’m not shocked that this figure keeps rising. Definitely feels like colleges will just shove you to apply to a university instead of searching for other career options that will benefit young people.

Wait until you hear about what’s happening with medical students graduating in this country. They’re about to join the pool of benefits seekers in vast sums. The previous Government has flooded hospitals and GP practices with 10s of thousands of doctors from abroad, to the point that they are competing in droves for the same training spots for specialties on an equal footing. No other country has such leniency for international medical graduates, and for the last few years this meant local UK graduates have had difficulty finding training in their own country. This problem has exponentially worsened. Luckily, the current Govt are seeking to pass emergency legislation to prioritise local medical graduates for these jobs but are facing intense pushback from these international graduates who feel entitled to the available UK training positions. Scandalous in my opinion. The bill is to be discussed tomorrow in parliament.

What the hell is causing so many young people to be so ill they can’t work – social media, microplastics?

The article suggests a third of grads are to sick to work. Not only will the tax payer be paying tens of thousands to pay for the education, but then tens of thousands a year to look after them for the rest of their lives. That’s completely unsustainable and makes me worry deeply for the future of the UK

It’s a brutal catch-22 for graduates right now. You’re either told you don’t have enough experience for a proper career start, or you’re seen as a flight risk for entry-level jobs. No wonder so many are getting pushed into the benefits system through sheer exhaustion and health issues.

It will only get worse with automation and AI. There are going to be a lot of qualified people who never have a career. The population will have to shrink significantly. I have a manufactured war or virus will do the trick