Will Rachael Reeves’ youth unemployment scheme force her to bend her own rules?
- Written by Maha Rafi Atal, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
Jacob Lund/ShutterstockUK chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a “youth guarantee” aimed at ending long-term unemployment among young people. Under the plan, a young person who has been out of work for 18 months would be offered a temporary job, apprenticeship or college place.
The UK has just under a million young people who are not...
