Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

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Source: The Guardian Business · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship starts A national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and starting work, the government is to be told.

Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britain’s youth jobs crisis , will call for a new “national pre-apprenticeship route” to offer young people further education, training and work experience.