UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of work

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The Guardian · collected 2026-10-14 · by Alexandra Topping Political correspondent

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UK hospitality businesses will provide up to 100,000 jobs over three years for unemployed young adults aged 18 to 24 who are not in education or training. The initiative aims to help these individuals gain skills and confidence needed to enter the workforce. Former health secretary Alan Milburn's upcoming report on youth unemployment warns that without intervention, the number of Neets could rise to 1.25 million over five years.
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As of October 14, 2026, UK hospitality businesses plan to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education, or training (Neets) over the next three years. This initiative aims to provide Neets aged 18 to 24 with placements of up to four weeks to gain skills and confidence for entering the workforce. Participating businesses include restaurant chains like Wagamama, Nando’s, Burger King, hotel chain Premier Inn, and pub chains Fuller’s and Mitchells & Butlers. The move follows concerns raised by former health secretary Alan Milburn about a potential rise in UK youth unemployment to 1.25 million over the next five years unless government intervention occurs. The scheme will be launched by Andy Burnham, who is visiting a hospitality venue on Thursday, and coincides with a report expected after the autumn budget on October 28th.

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🔮 Bars, clubs and restaurants will offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years in an effort to give them a first step on the ladder into work.
🔮 But while Jenrick’s physical presence may be absent from the migraine-inducing interior of the International Convention Centre in the West Midlands, members could be forgiven for sighing that everywhere they looked, something reminded them of him.
🔮 While it is standard for the partners of prime ministers to have taxpayer-funded office support, van Heel has taken on a former special adviser to a cabinet member and is expected to play a more significant role behind the scenes than the previous prime minister Keir Starmer’s wife, Victoria, who continued her work in occupational health for the NHS throughout her husband’s tenure.
🔮 Earlier this year the government announced that teenagers under the age of 16 would be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps, while safer platforms would be subjected to restrictions.
🔮 Miliband has been on a journey since May 2014, when the then Labour leader was photographed ineptly eating a bacon roll during a campaign visit in New Malden.
🔮 Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras laughs and shakes her head with unusual vigour when asked if she would like to follow in the footsteps of the last member of parliament for the constituency, Keir Starmer.
🔮 In July, the Tory leader warned that anyone who supported net zero targets or Britain’s membership of the European convention on human rights would be blocked from standing as a candidate in the next election.
🔮 Company bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights announced by Louise Haigh on Tuesday.
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Britain DWP Neets Wagamama the Department for Work and Pensions

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Britain GPE · 2× DWP ORG · 2× Milburn PERSON · 2× Alan Milburn PERSON · 1× Burger King ORG · 1× Fuller’s ORG · 1× Nando’s ORG · 1× Premier Inn ORG · 1× Wagamama ORG · 1× the Department for Work and Pensions ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has made demands for cuts to welfare a central plank of her attacks on the government, telling Burnham in prime minister’s questions (PMQs) on Wednesday that he should cut welfare to fund higher defence spending. But ministers will be wary of going head to head with Labour MPs, and will hope to avoid a repeat of the welfare rebellion that forced Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves into an embarrassing and costly U-turn.
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🔮 Bars, clubs and restaurants will offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years in an effort to give them a first step on the ladder into work.

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Bars, clubs and restaurants will offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years in an effort to give them a first step on the ladder into work. asserted
Bars → offer → work
The move comes before the publication of a report on Neets by the former health secretary Alan Milburn, who has warned that the number of young people not in work or education in the UK could rise to 1.25 million over the next five years unless ministers intervene. uncertain
ministers → come → years
His full review into Britain’s crisis in youth unemployment, including recommendations to the government about how to tackle the crisis, is expected soon after the autumn budget on 28 October. asserted
review → include → October
Working with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), hospitality businesses including the restaurant chains Wagamama, Nando’s and Burger King, the hotel chain Premier Inn and pub chains including Fuller’s and Mitchells & Butlers will offer Neets aged 18 to 24 placements of up to four weeks to gain “the skills and confidence needed to take their first step into work”. asserted
businesses → work → work
The initiative, which will be launched by Andy Burnham during a visit to a hospitality venue on Thursday, comes after the DWP announced a similar scheme for retailers including Marks & Spencer, Asda, Pets at Home and the John Lewis Partnership last month. asserted
DWP → launch → Home
The work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, said the scheme would help young people “get their first step on the ladder” and build their careers. asserted
people → say → careers
“With the UK employment rate now the second highest in the G7, this will unlock 100,000 jobs and connect young people with employers ready to take them on and help them build a brighter future,” he said. asserted
he → unlock → future
Lucy Powell, the education secretary, is expected to announce a review of school exclusion changes, after research showed that students who are persistently absent from school are nearly four times more likely to end up unemployed and not in education or training. asserted
who → expect → education
A consultation will gather views on measures to support students at risk of exclusion, improve integration into the classroom and help children stay engaged in the classroom. asserted
children → gather → classroom
Powell said: “Absence and exclusion are too often a path to disengagement, with increased risks of becoming Neet. asserted
Absence → say → risks
Too many young people who fall out of education risk being permanently left on the sidelines of work and opportunity.” asserted
who → fall → work
Milburn has signalled that Britain’s benefits system should be overhauled, alongside measures to boost job support, training and apprenticeships. asserted
system → signal → support
Ministers are understood to be considering sweeping changes to the welfare system, including scrapping a critical disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work. asserted
Ministers → understand → work
Milburn has previously argued that a national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and starting work. asserted
scheme → argue → work
The chancellor, John Healey, has indicated a readiness to curtail the government’s rising benefits bill, while McFadden has said there is a moral and economic case to shake up the welfare system, as the war in the Middle East rattles the public finances. asserted
war → indicate → finances
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has made demands for cuts to welfare a central plank of her attacks on the government, telling Burnham in prime minister’s questions (PMQs) on Wednesday that he should cut welfare to fund higher defence spending. But ministers will be wary of going head to head with Labour MPs, and will hope to avoid a repeat of the welfare rebellion that forced Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves into an embarrassing and costly U-turn. asserted
that → make → turn
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