Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a "guaranteed" apprenticeship for young people whose job prospects have been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
Acknowledging recession, the PM has predicted that there will be "many, many" job losses as an "inevitable" result of the outbreak and the economy downfall due to lockdown restrictions.
Speaking at the daily Downing Street coronavirus briefing, he promised that ministers would take an "interventionist" approach to supporting jobs "as the months go by and the effect of this recession starts to bite."
No details available so far from the Downing Street about what form Mr Johnson's apprenticeship guarantee would take or who would be eligible for it.
The TUC last month called on the government to provide funding for the guarantee of a new job, providing a minimum six-month job with accredited training to as many as possible of those facing long-term unemployment because of the coronavirus downturn, prioritising under-25s unemployed for three or more months and over-25s out of work for over six months. Mr Johnson said that the risk of losing jobs and being out of work for a lengthy period was highest for young people.And he said: "I think it's going to be vital that we guarantee apprenticeships for young people. "We have to look after people across the board, but young people in particular, I believe', should be guaranteed an apprenticeship."
