Youth Unemployment???

Raphael October 10, 2013 0 Comment

The Prince’s Trust is calling for urgent action from the government to tackle the problem of youth unemployment.

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show 115,000 18 to 24-year-olds have been unemployed for longer than two years.

The government says it has hugely increased the number of work experience placements and apprenticeships.

Paul Brown, a director at The Prince’s Trust, says young, long-term unemployed people need specialist help to try to get them back into the workplace.

He says: “We believe those young people need and deserve long-term support, otherwise we think we’re on the brink of a long-term, youth jobs crisis.

“I’ve seen time after time, even young people who’ve been out of work for many years, turn their life around. That has to be worth it for them and for the economy as a whole.” – Relating to what Paul said, I have been reading a report by a young politician about how politics affect gangs and youth violence in the UK, and one of the main factors was the lack of long term support for young people!

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