Give mayors more powers to tackle youth unemployment crisis, says Alan Milburn

Exclusive: Government’s work tsar warns that having young people not in work will create ‘long-term scarring effect’

Mayors across England should be given greater powers to tackle the youth unemployment crisis and avoid its “long-term scarring” of regions outside London, the government’s work tsar has said.

Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into rising inactivity among Britain’s young people, said the issue could not be solved by Whitehall alone.