UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for unemployed young people

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Major UK retailers have pledged more than 11,000 work experience placements for young Universal Credit claimants under a new scheme named Opening Shift.
Organised by the Department for Work and Pensions and the British Retail Consortium, the voluntary two-to-four-week placements include a job interview upon completion.
Participating businesses include prominent brands such as Tesco, John Lewis, Curry’s, and Costa Coffee, with candidates retaining their benefit payments.
The initiative is part of a broader government strategy to create 100,000 opportunities for young people not in education, employment, or training before the next election.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden emphasised that the scheme aims to break the no-experience loop for nearly one million young Neets across the country.