UK to expand jobs guarantee scheme for young people

The British government announced on Saturday ​that it would expand a ​programme to provide guaranteed jobs ‌to ​young people and extend it nationwide as part of measures to address the problem of youth unemployment.

Britain had ‌981,000 people aged 16-24 not in employment, education or training in the second quarter of this year, accounting for 13% of the age group as a ‌whole.