£60m youth jobs package unveiled
David Cameron wants to reverse the trend of rising youth unemployment
The Government has moved to tackle rising youth unemployment by announcing a £60 million package aimed at boosting work prospects and "transforming" vocational education.
With youth unemployment nearing a million, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister issued a commitment to get more vulnerable youngsters into work by tackling some of the long term "structural barriers" they said stopped some young people starting their career.
The Government said it will provide funding for up to 250,000 more apprenticeships over the next four years, and fund 100,000 work placements over the next two years.
Ministers also announced that more than 100 large firms and tens of thousands of small companies around the country had pledged to offer work experience places.
Measures in a new paper called Supporting Youth Employment are designed to ensure that young people have the opportunity to get work, advance their career prospects and encourage social mobility and help fill some of the 500,000 vacancies in the job market, said ministers.
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