Caroline Mortimer
Caroline Mortimer is a freelance journalist, recent graduate and political blogger.
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Let Thatcherism be buried with Thatcher
17 April 2013 11:36 AM
Regardless of creating a society of ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’, the prosperity she created was a mirage - I can only see the one million 16-24 year-olds who are unemployed
The government does not care about young people
12 March 2013 12:29 PM
Young people don’t care who brings down youth unemployment, ends unpaid work and takes control of the rental sector - we just want a party that cares enough to try
Victory against Workfare proves a point my generation has known all along - the system is taking advantage of us
12 February 2013 02:49 PM
A day's work for a day's pay is a simple democratic right
It isn’t easy being young in the United Kingdom today
08 January 2013 06:00 AM
One in five of NEETs (16 to 25 year olds not in employment, education or training) said they ‘cannot cope with everyday life’
Strivers versus shirkers: the reality of work for young graduates today
17 December 2012 01:21 PM
'Work experience' and 'workfare' create a moneyless vacuum between education and full time employment that only the rich are able to fill
For interns, or the young and out of work, E4's ‘The Work Experience’ was painful viewing
24 October 2012 04:51 PM
The show humiliates young people looking for work in fictional set-ups - but the reality of the jobs market isn't much different
Young, disillusioned, and ready for Ed?
05 October 2012 06:34 PM
Young voters have been consistently let down by mainstream political parties. Has the Labour leader done enough to win them round?
Caroline Mortimer: Generation Y are suffering from the recession – don't tell us we're not
16 July 2012 10:46 AM
If some of the more hysterical right wing papers are to be believed there is only one type of young person; the angry, feckless yob that graces the front of the tabloids carrying various electronic goods looted from Argos.
- 1 What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
- 2 Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
- 3 Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
- 4 EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
- 5 Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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Johnny Marr talks relationships and reunions
In pictures: After the flood
Death becomes her: A very modern mortician
School of chop: Learning the art of butchery
The man who's eaten everywhere
A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?
