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Youth unemployment is a major issue for cities, which is why we are working with the core cities to tackle the issue at a local level. England鈥檚 8 largest cities will now be able to bid for a share of 拢50 million to help young people into work through the

Under the , for every long-term unemployed young person a business takes on, they can claim a 拢2,275 Wage Incentive payment to help meet the costs of taking on a young person and training them up. 皇冠体育app cities will be able to design their own schemes to target local young employed people and help them into local businesses.

皇冠体育app 8 core cities all committed to help young people into work when they signed their City Deals. 皇冠体育app Wage Incentive and money for new local policies will provide a welcome boost to help them achieve that. Leeds agreed a 鈥楪uarantee for the Young鈥� with innovative new ways to give every young person access to a job, training, apprenticeship, volunteering or work experience; Manchester set up an 鈥楢pprenticeship Hub鈥� to boost apprenticeship numbers by supporting small and medium sized businesses and Sheffield took control of its skills budget.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:

Youth unemployment has been a problem for a long time in this country, which is why I started the Youth Contract. We clearly have more work to do, but I am not going to turn my back on the young unemployed just because this is proving to be difficult.

皇冠体育app Wage Incentive is a key part of the Youth Contract to help young people into work and enable businesses to take on staff so that they can grow.

Local leaders are best placed to work with businesses and promote local initiatives to help young people get jobs. 皇冠体育app Wage Incentive is demand driven 鈥� businesses are paid 拢2,275 when they take on an unemployed young person. Firms such as Forest Sofa Ltd, which I鈥檓 visiting today, prove that if young people are given a chance they are good for business and good for growth, whether that鈥檚 through apprenticeships, traineeships or the Wage Incentive.

Take up of the Wage Incentive has significantly increased since January, and now more than 4,000 young people a month are starting work under the scheme. When taken together with the increases in apprentices and work experience placements, the Youth Contract is making a real difference to getting young people into work and kick-starting the economy.

皇冠体育appre are more people in work today than ever before. Since 2010 the government has helped to create over 1.3 million jobs in the private sector.

Cities Minister Greg Clark said:

As Minister for Cities I am delighted that the government is offering the 8 core cities the opportunity to come forward with innovative proposals to tackle youth unemployment. As this is going to be a genuinely competitive process, there is a real incentive for cities to be groundbreaking in their approach and to make a positive difference to the career opportunities of young people in their areas.

Recent research by the Federation of Small Business found that a wage incentive is the single most important thing the government can do to get small firms to take on more employees. 皇冠体育appre are currently over 4,000 job commitments being made each month through the Wage Incentive 鈥� showing the clear backing of employers.

皇冠体育app Deputy Prime Minister will make the announcement during a visit to Forest Sofa Ltd in Salford, a company that has benefited from the Wage Incentive. 皇冠体育appy took on a member of staff who is now playing a major part in helping them expand their business.

Managing Director of Forest Sofa Ltd, Dave Foster, said:

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Anthony has proved a real bonus for the business and will be key to making our newest venture 鈥� 皇冠体育app English Bed Company 鈥� a resounding success. My message to any business thinking of taking on a young person, whether through apprenticeships or the Wage Incentive, is that the only thing you鈥檒l ask yourself afterwards is why you didn鈥檛 do it sooner.

皇冠体育app government is committed to making long-term investments in young people鈥檚 futures through work experience, apprenticeships and helping companies to recruit by guaranteeing their investment with a wage incentive.

Over half a million people started an apprenticeship last year 鈥� more than ever before. Overall, this government will deliver at least 250,000 more apprenticeships over the spending review period than the previous government had planned. 皇冠体育app government has listened to employers and is making apprenticeships better 鈥� so employers help design the courses instead of having to pick one 鈥渙ff the shelf.鈥� Last year there were 100,000 work experience placements, which are proven to get young people off benefits and into work.

皇冠体育app Wage Incentive is one part of the government鈥檚 plan to create more jobs now and support business growth. It is in addition to the work going on to devolve more powers to city regions and in addition to investment in infrastructure projects 鈥� locally, regionally and nationally 鈥� to improve roads and rail services, build homes and boost our internet access. And over the next 10 years the Regional Growth Fund will have invested 拢2.6 billion, leading to 拢14.7 billion of private sector investment and 550,000 jobs.

Notes to editors

皇冠体育app 8 core cities were the first cities to agree City Deals. 皇冠体育appy are Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.

皇冠体育app Wage Incentive is 拢2,275 paid to employers when they take on an unemployed young person. Payments are only made where it has played a clear role in recruitment practices, and in most cases the employer isn鈥檛 paid until the young person has been in work for 26 weeks.

皇冠体育app bidding process will be a short competition run over the summer and cities will be judged on a number of criteria including strategic fit with national and local priorities, value for money and match funding with some local resources.