DWP admits its 200,000 ‘new jobs and apprenticeships’ plan for young people is nonsense

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced its flagship new “Youth Jobs Grant” scheme in March. It did so alongside a package of new policies to tackle the so-called rise in young people “not in education, employment, or training” (NEET). But now, it has admitted that all is not what it seems. DWP Youth […] By Hannah Sharland