New Deal for Young People was touted as the answer to youth unemployment when Labour came to power in 1997. Now, more than a decade since its inception, the government is fast-tracking young people onto the programme, in a bid to drive down persistently high numbers of young people not in employment, education or training (Neet).
From 1 April, any young person who has been Neet for more than six months before turning 18 will be placed directly on to an accelerated version of New Deal for Young People (see box). They will skip the early stages of the scheme and go straight onto the third and most intensive phase, the supported job search.
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