Sentences with phrase «term youth unemployment»

«There is now fresh evidence that Britain is becoming divided — long - term unemployment rose yet again, so did long - term youth unemployment and unemployment in two - thirds of England is higher than it was at time of the general election.»

The schemes were part of Labour's plan to stop long - term youth unemployment by guaranteeing young people a place in work or on a training scheme after six months.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

We identify them as the nine Jobcentre Plus districts, covering 20 local authority areas with the highest rates of long term youth unemployment and the lowest rates of return to work.

Harman says long term youth unemployment has doubled under his government.

The government must prioritise tackling long - term youth unemployment before any more careers are wrecked before they barely get off the ground.

General secretary Brendan Barber welcomed the unemployment figures published in July 2012, describing them as «excellent news», but he pointed out that long - term youth joblessness was up by 18,000 on the quarter to 421,000, and urged the government to prioritise tackling long - term youth unemployment.

Unemployment continues to rise, with long - term youth unemployment having doubled from pre-recession levels.

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While this is only a practical first step towards a guarantee, it would reduce the current youth unemployment rate as of May 2014 from 13.3 % to 11.7 % and could be scaled up in the long - term.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

Unite, the UK's largest union, has criticised Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg's plan to provide subsidised work and training placements as a «short - term figure - massaging exercise» which will do little to address record youth unemployment.

«Youth unemployment has risen yet again, back towards the million mark, the number of women out of work has gone up and long - term unemployment is still far too high», he said.

Instead he will attack Osborne on the (perfectly valid) grounds of long - term and youth unemployment, as well as the decline in living standards caused by wages that grow slower than the rate of inflation.

And as David Miliband's commission on youth unemployment highlighted, the cost of today's unemployment must be counted not just in immediate benefit payments, but in a long term legacy of lower life chances, that will cost our economy and the Treasury billions more for decades to come.

At a time when youth unemployment is at 20 %, slashing the Education Maintenance Allowance and tripling university fees, risks alienating a generation of young people and losing their talent at society's longer term cost.

To sum up, comparable data for 1990 and 2009 on youth reveals that low - educated women are in more disadvantage than in the past while low - educated men are worse in the quality of jobs they access to but not in terms of unemployment.