The LGA made the call as it published a report showing that more than 46,000 fewer young people are being helped by national job schemes today than three years ago.
The report shows that in 2009/10, 605,354 young people in England aged 16 to 24 joined a nationally-run employment scheme, including the Youth Contract and apprenticeships, but in 2012/13 the number was 559,183 – a fall of eight percentage points.
The report also said that the way the government publishes results of its national schemes is complex and does not convey how they are helping young people.
Figures published in July suggested the government had made less than 5,000 wage subsidy payments under the Youth Contract scheme in 2012/13, which are offered to employers once a young person has been in a job for six months.
The government anticipated take up to be much higher, having allocated funding for the wage incentive to help 160,000 young unemployed people over three years.
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