Government told to target employment support at young people in ‘red wall’ seats
Young people in “left behind” areas of the country will be hardest hit by the looming recession, researchers have warned.
The Social Mobility Foundation said the government needed to focus its employment support and training efforts at parts of the country where social mobility is the lowest, such as Blackpool, Mansfield, and Corby.
An analysis carried out by the foundation found that there was a clear link between the social mobility “coldspots” identified by a government commission and those with high numbers of young people who need social security support.
Young people in ‘red wall’ seats, where the Conservative Party made substantial gains in last year’s general election, are 34 per cent more likely to be claiming out-of-work benefits than the average across the UK.
Our policy correspondent Jon Stone has more details:
