Left College or University and Can't Get a Job?

1.18.00pm GMT Mon 18th Jan 2010

Do you know a young man or woman who has recently left college or university and finds they can't get job? The recession is cheating a whole generation of young people. The number of young people unemployed for more than six months has doubled in the past two years. We have to act now to make sure they don't get left behind in any economic recovery.

Yesterday, Nick Clegg announced our plans to help young people through the recession. The Liberal Democrats will cut the time it takes to provide training and education to young people on Jobseekers' Allowance. Currently, young people on Jobseekers' Allowance have to wait 12 months before they are guaranteed a job or training post. We will reduce that to 90 days.

We will also invest nearly £900 million to increase the number of further education places, and we'd give young people undertaking an internship a training allowance of £55 a week. Nick also took part in an Online Public Meeting answering questions posed by young people through Twitter and the UK Youth Parliament's online forum. You can see the questions and answers here.

If you know a young person who has been affected by the the increase in unemployment, then forward this article on to them. You can also keep in touch with the latest news from Nick through NickClegg.com, and also on Facebook, Lib Dem Act and Twitter.

Many thanks for your support,

The Lib Dems Online Team