Getting the most marginalised young people into education, employment or training is notoriously tough.
To tackle the issue, £126m has been earmarked to support 16- and 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training, under the government’s £1bn Youth Contract.
When the details of the scheme for 16- and 17-year-olds were announced in July, the Local Government Association was among a number of organisations that raised concerns about the scope of the initiative, which dictates that only young people with no GCSE grades A to C are eligible for support.
Moreover, rather than building on existing work in councils, ministers chose contentiously to award payment-by-results contracts for the programme to private and voluntary providers.
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