Un/​employmenthood


Life

How life on furlough impacted a young generation

Un/employmenthood: Over 11.6 million jobs have been furloughed in the UK since March 2020. As the government's job retention scheme comes to a close, India van Spall speaks to those still reeling from lockdown’s after-effects.

Life

Why the young and jobless are rebranding as funemployed

Un/employmenthood: As more and more young people struggle to find work in an economy ravaged by Covid, words like “funemployed” are making a comeback. Amelia Tait meets those reframing their unemployment with some good ol’ fashioned wordplay.

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