到2025年9月,联合王国青年失业率达到15.3%,超过了欧盟平均水平,这与最低工资急剧上升和商业成本上升有关。 UK youth unemployment hit 15.3% by Sept. 2025, exceeding EU average, linked to steep minimum wage hikes and rising business costs.

英国青年失业率在到2025年9月为止的三个月内上升到15.3%,自2000年以来首次超过欧盟平均水平,有729 000名16至24岁的失业人口,自劳工局就职以来增加了150 000人。 Britain's youth unemployment rate rose to 15.3% in the three months to September 2025, surpassing the EU average for the first time since 2000, with 729,000 16- to 24-year-olds unemployed—150,000 more since Labour took office. 英格兰银行决策者凯瑟琳·曼(Catherine Mann)将这一激增归因于最低工资迅速提高,特别是消除了基于年龄的低工资率,包括2025年4月18至20岁者每小时工资提高16.3%,达到每小时10英镑。 Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann attributed the surge to rapid minimum wage increases, particularly the elimination of lower age-based pay rates, including a 16.3% rise to £10 per hour for 18- to 20-year-olds in April 2025. 她将零售和招待等行业企业的雇用人数减少的趋势联系起来,这些行业面临雇主国家保险和企业费率的较高费用。 She linked the trend to reduced hiring by businesses in sectors like retail and hospitality, which face higher costs from employer National Insurance and business rates. 曼尼警告说,虽然提高工资的目的是提高生活水平,但可能会阻止雇主雇用没有经验的青年,特别是在生产力和劳动力市场增长疲软的情况下。 Mann cautioned that while higher wages aim to improve living standards, they may discourage employers from hiring inexperienced youth, especially amid weak productivity and labor market growth.