On Wednesday, politicians, journalists, youth workers and young people exchanged views at the Class of 2012 debate hosted by Channel 4 News and Channel 4's Battlefront on the subject of youth unemployment. Appropriately enough, the tag line for the first session was "The Lost Generation." On the panel sat Liam...

I recently read an article in the Evening Standard on working for your benefits - a new initiative by Chris Grayling - and the first thing I thought was, "but...they're benefits?"

As I read on I couldn't help but think how I would have felt if I...

My name is Ava Patel, I'm 23 and I'm a campaigner for Channel 4's Battlefront.

I studied Journalism at university thinking it would be easy to walk into a job after my degree. Not that I was anything special but I thought there would be ample opportunity. No-one really told...