Tens of thousands of vulnerable young people could get “priority access” to cash payments and training to help them into work, under recommendations being drafted by the Government’s youth unemployment tsar.
Alan Milburn, the Labour grandee, is due to give his final recommendations on how to help young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) this autumn.
The cash support being considered for the most vulnerable 16-to-24-year-old Neets could come in the form of a taxpayer-funded benefit, grant or subsidy. This would be an option if Milburn’s recommendations are accepted by the Government.
‘Cliff edge’
Care leavers, young carers, teenage parents and young people leaving custody are considered the most vulnerable Neets and Milburn is understood to be considering urging they get “priority” help as part of any reforms.
