The Government  has outlined its plans to provide support to people out of work in new Building Britain’s Future.

Their proposals include:

• Giving every person under 25 who has been out of work for a year the option of a job, training, or work experience place.
• Adults who have been out of work for six months will get help with setting up a business, skills training, or volunteering opportunities.
• The £1 billion Future Jobs Fund will provide 100,000 jobs for young people and a further 50,000 new jobs in areas of high unemployment.

 As part of the proposals everyone aged under 25 who has been unemployed for more than a year will have their benefits cut if they do not accept a job offered, work experience or a training place.  They stand to lose two weeks’ benefit for rejecting a suitable job offer, four weeks’ worth if they turn it down again, and 26 weeks’ worth for a third rejection.