Job placement plan to help tackle crisis

TENS of thousands of new work experience and training placements from construction to hospitality will be available for young people as part of Government efforts to tackle the joblessness crisis.

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The 300,000 new placements over the next three years are backed by some of Britain's biggest employers, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said.

These include Manchester and Gatwick airports, and the Government has vowed placements will reach young people across the country.

The placements, also expected to include health and social care, have been confirmed just a day after a report warning of the risk of a ‑lost generation‑.

The number of the UK’s 16 to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training - known as Neets - rose to more than a million, figures published on Thursday confirmed.