Should you train for a job at 14?
Young people who do not go to university are "overlooked and left behind", says a report by the House of Lords social mobility committee.
It says this affects the majority of UK youngsters who do not take A-levels (Highers in Scotland) or degrees.
The report says youngsters are let down by an over-emphasis on higher education and lack of training options.
Joanna Gosling spoke to Baroness Corston, Chair of the Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility, barrister Hashi Mohamed, who arrived in London in 1993 as a child refugee from Somalia, Naivasha Mwanju, who works at youth employment charity Elevation Networks, Andrew Kingston, who has completed an apprenticeship, Ali Rashid, an aspiring actor and Laine Esperanzate, an apprentice in digital marketing.
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