Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock said the new “boot camp” will aim to get young people work-ready within six months.
The intensive course will involve practising job applications and interviews, with progress regularly reviewed by a “dedicated job coach”.
Hancock said the cross-government Earn or Learn Taskforce he chairs will create a “no excuses” culture to support youth employment.
The three-week course will sit alongside already announced plans to cancel young people’s benefits unless they take a job, apprenticeship, traineeship or unpaid work experience. Meanwhile, under-21s will no longer receive housing support.
“By working across government to make sure that every young person is in work or training, by opening up three million more apprenticeships, expanding traineeships, and making sure that a life on benefits is simply not an option, we want to end rolling welfare dependency for good, so welfare dependency is no longer passed down the generations.
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