councillor david renard, thank you. had a job has risen by more than 50% over the past 20 years, despite overall employment rising to record levels over the same period. the resolution foundation, a think—tank focusing on people on lower incomes, says the increase is partly because far fewer teenagers are working saturdayjobs. i'm joined by rob young. why are there fewer saturday jobs? the proportion of 16 and 17—year—olds that have some kind of employment has fallen pretty sharply, about half of those age group had paid unemployment 20 years ago, now it is one in four. when you look at later education, those in higher education, those in higher education, the proportion of university students earning while they learn has gone down as well. it is an interesting trend because it goes against the grain of what we have seen. employment is at a record high in the uk, what is cold a jobs medical, but the research today says 8% of 16 to 16 for —— 2a—year—olds have never had employment. 8% of 16 to 16 for —— 2a—year—olds have