'JOBLESS YOUTH NUMBERS SOAR'.Byline: BOB ROBERTS THERE has been a massive surge in the number of young people out of work, research figures reveal. A Prince's Trust report shows an 80 per cent rise in under-25s claiming the Jobseeker's Allowance jobseeker's allowance Noun (in Britain) a social-security payment for unemployed people . The figure now stands at 450,000, with one-in-five young people unemployed in areas such as Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and parliamentary constituency in South Wales. It borders the principal areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. in South Wales South Wales south n → sud m du Pays de Galles . Prince's Trust chief executive Martina Milburn said it was the poorest youngsters who were being hardest hit by the recession. She added: "Britain's most vulnerable will be permanently damaged by the downturn, unless they receive support. "We need to help young people into jobs, only with their creativity will we be able to pull ourselves out of the recession." A separate survey said almost half of companies were not planning to recruit school-leavers this year. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said young people face a "long, hot summer" looking for work. A survey of 500 firms showed only one in five planned to take on 16-year-olds. CAPTION(S): 'DAMAGE' Martina Milburn |
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