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Jobless 'must do training sooner' Jobless 'must do training sooner'
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Young people should not get Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for more than 90 days before entering training, education or a work placement, the Lib Dems say.Young people should not get Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for more than 90 days before entering training, education or a work placement, the Lib Dems say.
Leader Nick Clegg said his party would also invest almost £900m in increasing the number of further education places.Leader Nick Clegg said his party would also invest almost £900m in increasing the number of further education places.
He promised financial help to return to college and to create paid internships, if his party wins the general election.He promised financial help to return to college and to create paid internships, if his party wins the general election.
Currently the maximum time young people can spend on JSA before being referred back to training is a year.Currently the maximum time young people can spend on JSA before being referred back to training is a year.
Labour and the Conservatives are promising to cut this to six months.Labour and the Conservatives are promising to cut this to six months.
'Give hope''Give hope'
The Lib Dems will launch their policies on the video-sharing website Youtube and the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The Lib Dems launched their policies on the video-sharing website Youtube and the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Mr Clegg said: "Young people feel cheated by this recession. Everyone will know someone who has recently left college or university with hopes of starting a career only to find they cannot even get on the lowest rung of the job ladder.Mr Clegg said: "Young people feel cheated by this recession. Everyone will know someone who has recently left college or university with hopes of starting a career only to find they cannot even get on the lowest rung of the job ladder.
"We must help them now or they will be left behind in any recovery."We must help them now or they will be left behind in any recovery.
"Our promise of more training, education, an internship or a place on a work programme will give hope to the nearly one million young people who currently can't find a job.""Our promise of more training, education, an internship or a place on a work programme will give hope to the nearly one million young people who currently can't find a job."
The Lib Dems say they will pay young people undertaking an internship a "training allowance" of £55 a week.The Lib Dems say they will pay young people undertaking an internship a "training allowance" of £55 a week.
In his pre-Budget report, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the government was extending its guarantee of a job or training to all young people who had been unemployed for six months.In his pre-Budget report, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the government was extending its guarantee of a job or training to all young people who had been unemployed for six months.
Currently only those under 24 years old who have been jobless for 12 months are eligible.Currently only those under 24 years old who have been jobless for 12 months are eligible.
The Conservatives also say they will refer young people on to the Work Programme after six months of unemployment.The Conservatives also say they will refer young people on to the Work Programme after six months of unemployment.