YOUNG people are facing a jobs and mental health crisis which could outlast the pandemic, a new report warns.

The Resolution Foundation said young people have been at the centre of two interlinked crises during the pandemic, suffering the greatest job losses and sharpest increase in mental health conditions of any age group.

The think tank said there had been “worrying trends” in young people’s mental health in the run-up to and during the crisis. Those aged 18 to 24 have gone from being the least likely age group to have common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression in 2000, to being the most likely to have them in 2019.