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Calls to abandon wage subsidy in Youth Contract

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Campaigners have branded a key element of the government's flagship Youth Contract employment scheme a "failure" after it helped less then 5,000 young people find a job in its first year.

Figures published yesterday showed the government had made 4,690 payments of £2,275 to employers under the wage incentive element of the Youth Contract  since it was set up in April 2012. These payments – offered as an incentive for employers to take on someone aged 18 to 24 who has been out of work for six months – are usually made only when a young person has been in a job for at least six months.  

Lottie Dexter of youth employment charity the Million Jobs Campaign, said the figures showed the policy was not working and called for a new approach to youth employment.

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