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Youth Unemployment - letter to Congleton Chronicle
November 25, 2009 8:58 PM
Dear Sir,
The news that the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe exposes the Government's complete failure to keep young people in work. Nearly one in five of them are now not in work, study or training.
They and the Conservatives are also reviewing whether to increase the cap on tuition fees that already leaves so many of our graduates with a mountain of debt. There is in addition news that less than 20% of Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) applications received for 2009-10 have been fully processed. This means that many disabled students are still waiting for funding to buy special equipment so they can do their courses.
This potential triple whammy shows the priority both the other two parties place on the life chances of young people living in the Congleton area. They are growing up in a world that faces climate change, the rise of the economies of the Pacific Rim and the worst recession since the thirties. The very least we should do as a nation is give them the skills they need to enter the employment market.
The Liberal Democrats would abandon the pointless VAT cut. The cash would be much better used creating hundreds of thousands of work experience and internship placements. This would help young people get access to the workplace during the recession and improve their skills for when the recovery occurs. Our young people have received a raw deal from both the other two main parties.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Peter Hirst
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Congleton
Rushton Drive
Middlewich
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