Charities including the YMCA are warning that homelessness, especially among young people, is bound to increase as a result.

BBC: Public to choose between tax rises and benefit cuts

The Plymouth Economic Review, published in October 2011, highlighted persistent high unemployment rates, especially among young people and the long-term unemployed.

BBC: Plymouth unemployment tackled by new task force

Frustrations are especially high among young people dealing with an 18% unemployment rate -- a more than 60-year high.

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But most of all, it is you -- especially the young people among us.

UN: Secretary-General

The Pope has frequently bemoaned the waning role the Church plays in Europe and says that he hopes that the trip to Germany will help kick-start "a wave of new faith among young people, especially the youth in Germany and Europe".

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Rapturous German welcome for Pope