According to the European Commissioner responsible for employment, the UK Government’s scheme to tackle youth unemployment is not enough. Laszlo Andor said youth unemployment was too high and the Government’s Youth Contract, which has been championed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, was not doing enough to tackle the problem. It is the latest attack on the Government from Mr Andor, whose previous criticism of David Cameron’s “nasty” looking restrictions on benefits for foreigners, led an angry Prime Minister to
An investigation by think-tank The Work Foundation discovered that despite the country’s rebounding economy, joblessness among people aged 16 to 24 years old was over 25pc in many cities. The national average is almost one in five, but the foundation claimed the problem is so “endemic” that even those cities with the lowest levels of youth unemployment, where the rate is 13pc, this is still a third higher than in Germany where the national average is 8.6pc. The research identified several UK
TESYouth was setup to help beat youth unemployment. We will host every Tuesday a video with various topics about young people. This is the first TESYouth Tuesdays. It discusses about TESYouth as an organisation and training programmes and workshops it offers to young people specially the unemployed.
The problem of rural youth unemployment in Scotland including South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway is set for a funding boost. That’s because Project Scotland have been awarded funding to address the issue and it is hoped the will enable ProjectScotland to significantly expand its operations in rural areas taking the number of young Scots it supports in the North and South West of the country to 230 a year. ProjectScotland offers 16-30 year olds full-time structured volunteering opportunities with charities across
BENEFIT claims from young people in Weston out of work, has fallen by more than a quarter in the past year. The good news was matched by a 30 per cent drop in the number of people who have been unemployed long-term. Figures show the number of youngsters claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance had fallen by 27 per cent this year. Weston MP John Penrose said: “This is brilliant news which shows that Weston’s economy is picking up and creating jobs for local people. “There’s
