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It’s a well known fact too many adults are sitting out London’s economy. Turns out it’s not much better for young people.

In a city running one of Canada’s highest rates of working-age adults neither working nor looking for work, new figures show London is also hobbled by a high rate of young people not working or going to school – an issue that could result in long-term social problems if left unchecked, one observer warns.

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According to numbers recently collected by city hall, 15 per cent of Londoners aged 15 to 29 are neither employed nor receiving any kind of education or training, a term known as NEET.

London’s rate is not only above the provincial and national levels of 12 per cent, it’s also higher than medium-sized cities such as Windsor (11.5 per cent), Kingston (11.3 per cent) and Guelph (11. 2 per cent).