Brown jobs pledge to dole young; ECONOMY.Byline: JAMES LYONS James Lyons can refer to:
GORDON Brown will announce more help for jobless youngsters as he returns to work tomorrow. He is to urge firms to sign up to the Backing Britain's Future campaign in a bid to get people off the dole. Bosses are being asked to offer jobs, apprenticeships and work placements. Mr Brown will promise a job for anyone aged 18-24 who is out of work for more than 10 months, rather than for a year as previously planned. Work Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday predicted shops could be one area of jobs growth Jobs Growth A component of the Employment Situation Summary, reported monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job growth figure is expressed as the gross number of jobs created in the American economy in the previous month. in a sign that ministers are optimistic the economy is on the up Youth unemployment has hit 17.2 per cent, lower than predicted earlier this year. But Ms Cooper said: "It still causes families problems." Nearly half of voters believe there are green shoots of economic recovery but Mr Brown is not getting the credit, a MORI MORI n abbr (Brit) (= Market & Opinion Research Institute) → institut de sondage MORI (Brit) n abbr (= Market and Opinion Research Institute) → poll revealed. CAPTION(S): OPTIMISTIC Yvette Cooper |
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