Once again, the Tories have forgotten all about young people Andrew Grice UP NEXT Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Boris Johnson is enjoying his vaccine bounce, which has left a gloomy Labour Party needing a shot in the arm, but it won’t last forever. One reason is that the Conservatives are neglecting their potential achilles heel – youth unemployment – along with a growing body of evidence that the coronavirus pandemic will have a permanent scarring effect. A report by the Resolution Foundation think tank reveals that 16 to 24-year-olds accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total fall in payrolled employment in the year to February, and were three times more likely to leave work than 25 to 64-year-olds. Those leaving education, including graduates, are struggling to get their first job. The foundation says the rise in youth unemployment is “heavily skewed” towards black and Asian people. The unemployment rate among young black people rose by 10 percentage points to 35 per cent last year, 2.7 times the rate among young white people.