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The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
A sobering report details their struggles before primary school even begins, a dearth of role models and the decline of blue-collar jobs
The report blames the decline of traditionally “male-dominated industries such as manufacturing, agriculture and construction” for causing a rapid fall in “secure, well-paid and meaningful jobs that used to be available to non-university educated young men”. Founded by the former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, its state-of-the-nation reports on the broken welfare system were the driving force behind the creation of universal credit and landmark legislation to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. The former Conservative MP Miriam Cates, a senior fellow at the CSJ, said: “For too long, politicians, policymakers, the media and the arts have turned a blind eye to the needs of boys in the name of ‘equality’.
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