Flagship youth unemployment scheme suffers slow start as second wave strikes

Rishi Sunak’s £2bn youth unemployment scheme has struggled to take off as just a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of expected placements have been created since its launch. The Treasury revealed the Kickstart Scheme has generated just under 20,000 placements since opening in September, less than a tenth of the roles expected to be created for hard hit younger workers. Mr Sunak’s flagship youth unemployment scheme pays the national minimum wage to 16-24 year olds, for 25 ho