By EJ Ward

I know I’m not a typical teenager.

At 19 I have my dream job, racing cars, but most young people, my friends and their siblings, aren’t as lucky.

As a generation we’re misunderstood, struggling and too often overlooked in policy and tax making decisions. Outside racing I see something worrying: a generation working hard but getting very little back.

This week’s figures paint a picture few in Westminster seem willing to acknowledge or address, more young people are drifting out of education or training, school attendance is falling and knife crime is climbing.

That points to wasted potential, and potential is what fuels any growing economy.

The harsh reality is that most young people are trapped in insecure work and unstable living. The Budget must do more than offer slogans about ‘opportunity’.

It needs to tackle unaffordable housing, scarce apprenticeships, slow training routes that don’t match the jobs available and a tax system........

© LBC