According to senior Tories, Jobcentres are failing to get people into lasting work and should be shut down. Iain Duncan Smith is reportedly being urged by senior Tories to shut down all Jobcentres and let private companies and charities to step in to help Britain’s unemployed back to work. The proposal, backed by allies of chancellor George Osborne, is being considered for potential inclusion in the party’s election manifesto for 2015, in what would be a radical step for Britain’s system
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According to the CBI/Pearson annual education survey, businesses want the education system to better prepare young people with the attitudes and attributes they need to succeed in the world of work. It also warns there are continuing concerns about the literacy and numeracy skills of workers, with many firms admitting that they have laid on remedial classes for employees. It suggests that while many employers are looking for staff with degrees in science and maths-based subjects, some have reservations about both
According to a report published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), young people in the UK need more help getting the vital experience needed to find work, or risk falling behind their international counterparts. Calling on business, education and government to do more to give young people opportunities to ‘earn and learn’, the report Youth employment in an international context, notes that youth unemployment in the UK is falling, but claims there is still more
A report examining employment rates for different groups, including young people, disabled workers, and black and Asian employees, has found that untrained young people are most likely to be jobless. The report Equitable Full Employment: A jobs recovery for all, by the TUC, revealed that despite the recovering labour market, job prospects for low or unskilled young people are declining. This is in contrast to other disadvantaged groups such as lone parents and older poorly qualified workers, whose chances of being employed
