Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn
Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and…
Plan to cut disability support will harm young people | Letters
Anna Bird and Rick Burgess respond to the government’s proposal to axe the health element from universal credit that disabled people under 25 receiveReports that the government is considering removing the universal credit health element for disabled…
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employmentMinisters are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a…
How Labour could solve the youth jobs crisis | Letters
Readers respond to an editorial on creating opportunities for today’s young people to build future careersYour youth unemployment editorial (18 September) sees the crisis clearly, but reaches for the wrong tools. Placements, apprenticeships and work…
Apprenticeships need to be made more accessible | Letters
Dr Gillian McIver and Don Macdonald respond to an article on the low uptake of apprenticeship schemesI agree with the Fabian Society’s finding that many people struggle to access apprenticeships because the system is so confusing (Only 160 apprenticeship…