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UK to expand jobs guarantee scheme for young people
- The Department for Work and Pensions announced an expansion of its youth jobs guarantee scheme, offering eligible 18 to 24-year-olds fully-funded, six-month roles after 12 months on universal credit, down from 18 months.
- Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn's report, published Tuesday, recommended the Government establish a legal duty to provide training or employment support to address youth unemployment that topped a million earlier this year.
- Officials stated funding comes from the Government's wider £2.5 billion employment support package, while the DWP signed a deal with the Tourism Alliance aimed at creating 50,000 jobs for young people in this Parliament.
- Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately criticised the expansion as "treating the symptoms of its youth unemployment crisis," while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch argued subsidised placements fail to solve the underlying problem of job creation.
- Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said young people with health conditions must accept "this doesn't always rule out work," as The Prime Minister insisted reforms require "spending differently" rather than committing additional funds to meet upfront investment costs.
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UK Government To Expand, Accelerate Youth Job Guarantee Program
The UK government said it will expand and accelerate its job guarantee program for young people, ahead of the publication next week of a long-awaited review into the causes of rising youth inactivity.
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UK to expand jobs guarantee scheme for young people
The British government announced on Saturday that it would expand a programme to provide guaranteed jobs to young people and extend it nationwide as part of measures to address the problem of youth unemployment.
·London, United Kingdom
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