LIB DEMS LAUNCH POLICY TO GET ALMOST 900,000 UNEMPLOYED YOUNGSTERS BACK TO WORK

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 14th Sep 2009

The party has this week launched an ambitious policy to try and help 900,000 young people into employment or training.

The shocking statistic that nearly a fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds are currently unemployed, compared to less than one-in-ten of all other ages shows that this policy is a key point in building a better future for Britain delivering a better trained and more motivated workforce and lifting almost a million young people out of a future of unemployment.

Nick Clegg Said "We cannot afford to let millions get trapped in a culture of dependency - which is why our new proposals make sure young people get the help they need before they give up hope"

With almost 800,000 young people being given the opportunity to get it industry through paid internships this will help raise the level of training and knowledge across the workforce preparing us for the challenges of a post recession Britain.

An extra 60,000 places will be funded in universities and colleges, opening up further and higher education.

we will also fully fund apprenticeships to put British industry back on track and give more youngsters places on essential back-to-work schemes.

The proposals would cost £1.1billion and would be paid for by scrapping the ill thought out and ineffective VAT cut immediately.

Commenting after the launch Scott Collins, Parliamentary Candidate for South Northamptonshire said "This is a real plan for Britain future. At a time when the agenda is being monopolised by stories of cuts it is a real mark of the Liberal Democrats that we launch a policy that will lift the hopes and aspirations of a generation of unemployed young people and help build a well trained workforce fit to face the future in a post recession Britian"

Our proposals would cost £1.1billion and would be paid for by scrapping the VAT cut immediately.