Youth jobs guarantee to begin after 12 months on universal credit
Eligible 18 to 24-year-olds will be offered fully funded, six-month jobs matched to their skills as ministers seek to tackle rising youth inactivity.
Eligible young adults will qualify for a taxpayer-funded six-month job after a year on universal credit, rather than the current 18 months, under an expansion announced by the Government.
The Department for Work and Pensions said every eligible 18 to 24-year-old would be “guaranteed” a fully funded job matched to their skills once they had claimed the benefit for 12 months.
The expansion is intended to tackle the rise in young people not in education, employment or training.