The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will use her Labour Party conference speech on Monday to set out the Government’s “Youth Guarantee”, aimed at cutting long-term youth unemployment.
The plans are expected to include measures that those who refuse the guaranteed job offered to them could face sanctions, including losing part or all of their benefits, if they turn it down without a good excuse.
Interviewed on Sky News this morning Reeves said
Reeves says: “There are almost a million young people who are not in education, employment or training.
“That has a terrible impact on them throughout their lives, there is loads of evidence that shows if you are out of work for long periods early on in what should be the beginning of your working life, then you’re more likely to experience other bouts of unemployment, lower wages, mental health problems.”
