New funding expands government ‘Youth Guarantee’ to help young people into work in Stoke-on-Trent Central

New funding expands government ‘Youth Guarantee’ to help young people into work in Stoke-on-Trent Central

Labour has announced new measures to support 16-24-year-olds who are neither earning nor learning.

By expanding the Youth Guarantee scheme with £820 million of new funding, the Government is tackling the problem and giving a brighter future to young people in Stoke-on-Trent Central where nearly 1000 young people aged 16-24 are claiming unemployment-related benefits.

New Youth Hubs will be set up to provide advice and young people will be provided with targeted support.

Labour’s investment will provide hundreds of thousands of new training and work experience placements for young people out of work and claiming benefits, and a new ‘Jobs Guarantee’ that fully subsidises six months of paid employment for 18-21-year-olds who are long-term unemployed on Universal Credit.

Work and Pensions Secretary, Pat McFadden, said: “Every young person deserves a fair chance to succeed. That’s why we are introducing a range of reforms to help young people take that vital step into the workplace or training and to go on and make something of their lives.”

Gareth Snell MP said: “Nearly 1000 young people in Stoke Central Constituency are stuck on benefits. This new package of support will provide opportunities for them to turn their lives around after the previous government neglected them. Labour has a plan to get Britain working”