Scotland set to get £100m to help young into work

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Nov 2011, 01:22 BST
Scottish ministers were today urged to spend “every penny” of extra money on youth unemployment, as the UK government unveiled a £100 million package to help the jobless in Scotland back into work.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced the creation of a UK-wide £1 billion youth contract, which will see wage subsidies worth £2,275 handed to employers to take on 160,000 18-to-24-year-olds.

UK ministers want to create more than 400,000 work and training placements for young people in the face of record levels of youth unemployment.

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