Details of the scale of unsuccessful bids due to the fund being axed have come to light in a government document detailing more than 130 failed applications to run the scheme. The rejected bids, made by organisations including councils and charities, would have created 24,652 jobs, at a total cost of around £135m — an average of around £5,500 for each position. The fund was set up by the previous government to provide young people on jobseeker's allowance with jobs focused on their local community.
News of the denied jobs follows a Work and Pensions Committee report last month, which warned that scrapping the scheme would risk consigning young people to long-term unemployment.
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