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Guardian Senior Economics Correspondent. richard.partington@guardian.co.uk
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Brexit’s disaster is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems

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By Richard Partington Verified
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Boris Johnson, then prime minister, on his ‘battle bus’ in 2019. Leaving the EU was complicated, messy, and resulted in an outcome with which no one is happy. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Mainstream politicians are rarely direct. It is part of the reason why their populist counterparts thrive: they say it like it is. No nonsense. Let’s get things done. But last week Alan Milburn had a frank rebuttal:“Everybody goes for the bloody easy solution, don’t they?
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Labour poised for fresh welfare changes after scale of youth jobs crisis revealed

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By Richard Partington Verified, Peter Walker Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Richard Partington and Peter Walker Thu, May 28, 2026 at 6:45 p.m. UTC 6 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People at an employment fair. Young people are bearing the brunt of UK unemployment being at the highest levels since the outbreak of Covid.Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Labour is poised for a fresh attempt at changing the welfare system after a major government-backed report said youth unemployment was costing Britain more than £125bn a year.
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Schools are 'pipeline' to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

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By Alexandra Topping Verified, Richard Partington Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Alexandra Topping and Richard Partington Schools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”.
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