The eighth report in our Youth Jobs Gap series, this one focused on London, finds that the rate of young Londonders out of education, employment and training is consistently higher than the national average. But it's not all bad news: young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in London are more than twice as likely to go onto higher education than their peers in other regions.

At the Conservative Party Conference, Impetus held a panel event with the Centre for Social Justice, "The Forgotten Few: why are 1.3 million people still unemployed?" Our Director of Public Affairs, Dr Maria Neophytou, discusses her remarks about the 800,000 young people not in education, employment or training, including the 75% who have been NEET more than 12 months.

In this blog and webinar, Sam Windett, Impetus' Director of Policy, talks through the 1st report in the Youth Jobs Gap series.

The new report 'Youth Jobs Gap: Establishing the Employment Gap', is the first in the Youth Jobs Gap series. This new NIESR and Impetus report reveals that disadvantaged young people are 50% more likely to be NEET (not in education, employment and training) than better-off peers, irrespective of their qualifications.

Today, we've shortened our name to simply ‘Impetus’. The new name reflects where we are now in our journey, and it'll stand us in good stead for future years. Impetus Chair Hanneke Smits reflects on our history.

Do people feel more in control of their public services than ten years ago? Director of Policy Samantha Windett takes a look at Reform’s report, "Proceed with caution: What makes personal budgets work?" and reflects on the need to reform personal budgets to provide more young people with education and employment support.