TELL BLACK COUNTRY MPs TO SIGN THE CHARTER TO COMMIT TO FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT BY INVESTING IN JOBS AND TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Youth unemployment in the Black Country is now double the national average – that’s 1 in 10 young people now claiming Jobseekers Allowance.

The number of young people not in work or full-time education in Britain has risen again to nearly 1.5 million.

Many young people are unable to get the skills and qualifications they need to find work, a situation made worse by the abolition of the Educational Maintenance Allowance and increases in university tuition fees.

Meanwhile, a significant number of young people in work are under-employed, either in relation to the qualifications they have or in terms of the income they need to support themselves and their families. 

The Government's response to this youth jobs crisis has been poor. Successful initiatives have been scrapped and then reinstated with less funding. The TUC has launched a Charter for ‘A Future That Works’ (read it here), which calls for positive action by the government NOW on youth unemployment. 

Please help us by asking your MP to sign the Charter and take practical action to give young people a Future that Works.

The more local MPs who support the Charter, the more the government will see how worried and angry people in the Black Country are about youth unemployment.

FURTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN:

 - Text 'YES' and your postcode to 85515

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