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Reeves to guarantee paid work for young people unemployed for 18 months
The Youth Guarantee aims to cut long-term youth unemployment, with 1 in 8 young people aged 16-24 out of work or education, offering paid placements and benefit sanctions.
- Rachel Reeves will stress the need for "hard work matched by fair reward" when she unveils plans for a "youth guarantee" to drive down unemployment.
- Young people who have been out of a job or education for 18 months will be offered a guaranteed paid work placement under the new initiative.
- Those who refuse to take up the offer without a reasonable excuse will face sanctions such as losing their benefits.
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Reeves to guarantee paid work for young people unemployed for 18 months
51 minutes agoShareSaveBecky MortonPolitical reporterShareSavePA MediaYoung people who have been out of a job or education for 18 months will be offered a guaranteed paid work placement, Rachel Reeves is set to announce.Those who do not to take up the offer could face being stripped of their benefits.In her speech to Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, the chancellor will promise “nothing less than the abolition of long-term youth unemploym…
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