Alan Milburn is guiding a metal loop along the serpentine wire of an electrical buzzer game as he explains the challenge of Britain’s youth jobs crisis. On a fact-finding trip to Dublin, the former UK cabinet minister is being shown around an Irish Rail training facility. Back home, Andy Burnham has made tackling Britain’s youth jobs crisis a top priority, using his first weeks as prime minister to launch a series of measures to boost technical education and apprenticeships. In Ireland, part of the reason for the youth jobs turnaround is down to its economic recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. Youth joblessness peaked at almost 30%, while many left to work abroad amid the 2010s eurozone debt crisis.