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Young people between 18 and 24 make up nearly a third of all unemployed people in Kent, and there are particularly high levels of youth unemployment in Thanet and Medway.

The government says tacking the problem is vital to our economic future, and today the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith will be in Kent meeting apprentices who've gained work placements since Kent County Council launched an initiative targeted at the young unemployed last month.

John and Clare speak to Lindsay Jardine, director of operations at the Kent Association of Training Organisation (KATO), and we are live in Ashford with Dara Farrell, a member of the Kent Youth Council and Troy, a sofa surfer who has struggled to find full-time employment.

Dr. Paul Sissons from The Work Foundation wrote the report into youth unemployment and explains what can be done to try and tackle the problem.

Also on the programme, singing is being used in Kent to improve brain function and boost confidence in dementia patients. It's estimated more than 22,000 people in Kent and Medway have a disease that damages the brain.

Helena Mullar, chief executive from Lost Chord, tells John and Clare what effect her charity is having on dementia sufferers and from those who have benefited from the initiative.