Why the Chancellor’s ‘kickstart’ scheme won’t help university graduates

Aspiring lawyers, accountants and other ambitious graduates have been left behind by the Government’s new ‘kickstart’ scheme as it will push people into low-paid work with minimal career progression, experts have warned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £2bn package to get 16 to 24-year-olds into work. One part of the policy will see the state to pay the wages of young people on Universal Credit for six months. This will exclude the majority of university leavers and ev