UK pledges 300,000 youth placements after 'lost generation' warning
The program includes work experience and training for jobseekers, after a review said more than 1 million young people are not in work, education or training.
- On Friday, Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden announced 300,000 work experience and training placements for 16- to 24-year-olds over three years, backed by major British employers to provide skills, confidence, and professional connections.
- The initiative follows a Thursday report by Alan Milburn, who warned Britain risks a "lost generation." The number of Neets—16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education, or training—has risen to over 1 million.
- Sector-Based Work Academy Programmes provide government-funded training, workplace experience, and guaranteed job interviews for benefit claimants. Placements focus on construction, hospitality, and health and social care sectors.
- Government spending remains skewed, with approximately £25 spent on benefits for every £1 on employment support, the report found. This builds on a £2.5 billion package announced earlier this year targeting 200,000 jobs.
- Milburn noted that lack of work experience is "the single most-cited barrier to work amongst young people." He added the "first rung of the career ladder has thinned," leaving opportunities "simply out of reach" for many.
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These temporary positions will mainly concern sectors such as construction, health and social welfare, and the hospitality sector.
UK pledges 300,000 youth placements after 'lost generation' warning
Britain will create additional work experience and training placements for young people, the government said on Friday, a day after a review warned the country risked a "lost generation" locked out of work.
UK announces 300,000 placements for young people out of work
THE UK will create 300,000 additional work experience and training placements for young people, the government said on Friday, a day after a review warned the country risks a “lost generation” locked out of work.The placements will include work experience and short government-funded programmes for jobseekers claiming benefits. They will focus on sectors including construction, health and social care, and hospitality.Earlier this year, the govern…
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headlinemoney.co.ukEmployment lifeline for young people across the country as Government offers 300,000 new work experience and training placements
New placements announced as Government accelerates its Youth Guarantee to give every young person the chance to earn or learn. Expansion of support will help thousands more young people gain hands-on experience, build skills and move into work over the next three years. Move comes after Alan Milburn’s interim report into youth unemployment highlighted the vital importance of work experience. Young people across the country will be helped onto th…
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