A young man who is facing homelessness after a two-year search for work says it is “literally impossible” to find a job in his home city.
Twenty-year-old Lennie lives in Peterborough, which has one of the highest rates of young people not in employment, education or training, according to the local chambers of commerce.
Business leaders in the city are working with colleges to try to help jobseekers, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves has described the issue as a national priority.
Charlotte Horobin, the chief executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, said that without action “we risk scarring our communities”.