Councils call on youth unemployment

Press Association
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File photo dated 19/03/09 of a group of men outside a Job Centre Plus branch as a shortage of skilled workers in some industries is a
File photo dated 19/03/09 of a group of men outside a Job Centre Plus branch as a shortage of skilled workers in some industries is a



%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Up to half of young people in England and Wales are out of work or under-employed, with the true scale of the problem being "hidden", council leaders have claimed.

The Local Government Association warned that a third of all young people will be jobless of "trapped" in under-employment by 2018 unless local areas are given more control over skills and training.

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