John Caudwell: Bring back Saturday jobs to fix youth unemployment Opinion Spiralling labour costs and regulation have decimated what used to be entry level jobs for teenagers, says John Caudwell I started work young. I grew worms in a box under my mother’s bed to sell to fishermen, traded cigarette packet coupons, knocked on doors selling soap for charity and later ran a small mail-order business [...]
The Debate: Should we bring back Saturday jobs? Opinion Employment tsar Alan Milburn says the decline of the Saturday job has left young people ill-prepared for work, but is it true?