A new scheme launched to try to tackle long term unemployment in eight of Wales’ worst affected areas. One in five Welsh households are without a single person in work and the problem is most prevalent in Blaenau Gwent, where 28% households are without work. The “Lift” programme aims to give one to one training in the workplace to 5,000 young people who have been without work or training for more than six months and who live in a household where
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The amount of money spent on services for teenagers in England has fallen by 36% in the past two years, according to figures released to the BBC. Former children’s minister, Tory MP Tim Loughton, said the £438m reduction in spending was “disproportionate”. Youth workers warned that the long-term cost of the cuts would be “enormous”. But the Local Government Association said funding cuts meant there were “no easy choices” and spending on things like child protection came first. Read
The “hidden talent” of 2.5 million young adults is being wasted because they are on the dole, working part-time or in jobs for which they are over-qualified, the Government is warned. The problem of “underemployment” and underachievement among 16- to 24-year-olds is particularly acute in industrial cities of the north of England, such as Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester. Official figures show another fall in unemployment in the United Kingdom to around 2.3 million, the lowest total since the financial crash
