Work experience 'would help unemployed'
Apr 22 2009
The government needs to inject £2 billion into new work schemes to help the long-term unemployed.
According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the investment could create around 100,000 paid work experience positions for those without jobs.
The union's proposal would see people who have been claiming jobseekers allowance for more than six months take a work placement which could last up to one year.
Jobs will be created in areas which help local communities, such as transport, childcare, sports and energy-saving projects like home insulation.
Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, claims that work schemes have been successfully implemented in the past and could help younger and low-skilled people who face limited employment opportunities.
He says: 'The government needs to do all it can to minimise the grim impact of the recession and ensure that the UK is poised ready to make the most of opportunities for recovery.'
At yesterday's Scottish TUC Congress in Perth, Barber suggested that mass unemployment could be the largest drain facing the UK's public finances and could cost the taxpayer £8.1 billion a year if it rises by one million people.
According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the investment could create around 100,000 paid work experience positions for those without jobs.
The union's proposal would see people who have been claiming jobseekers allowance for more than six months take a work placement which could last up to one year.
Jobs will be created in areas which help local communities, such as transport, childcare, sports and energy-saving projects like home insulation.
Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, claims that work schemes have been successfully implemented in the past and could help younger and low-skilled people who face limited employment opportunities.
He says: 'The government needs to do all it can to minimise the grim impact of the recession and ensure that the UK is poised ready to make the most of opportunities for recovery.'
At yesterday's Scottish TUC Congress in Perth, Barber suggested that mass unemployment could be the largest drain facing the UK's public finances and could cost the taxpayer £8.1 billion a year if it rises by one million people.
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