📈 Half a million young people out of the workforce and education - the highest in five years - data shows 🔴 Labour has criticised Kickstart for not helping enough people into employment and for underspending by £665 million
Labour has criticised Kickstart for not helping enough people into employment and for underspending by £665 million despite rising numbers of young people out of the labour market.
The Government has defended the scheme, saying it is prioritising skills investment across the board, in particular for young people through training programmes and an increase in apprenticeship funding. “The Kickstart scheme promised support, but ministers delivered far fewer jobs than we were told it would, and underspent by hundreds of millions.
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