Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Therese Coffey Announces JETS Job Entry Targeted Support

DWP - Jobseekers will be offered coaching and advice on moving into "growing sectors" as part of a £238m employment programme, the government has said.

Job Entry Targeted Support is aimed at helping those out of work because of Covid-19 for three months.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Therese Coffey said: “JETS will give recently unemployed people the helping hand they need to get back into work, boosting the prospects of more than a quarter of a million people across Britain.

“We have provided unprecedented support for jobs during the pandemic including through furlough and subsidising the incomes of the self-employed, doing all we can to protect people’s livelihoods, but sadly not every job can be saved.

“This scheme will help those left out of work as a result of Covid-19, and is one strand of our wider Plan for Jobs which will also support young people on to the jobs ladder through Kickstart, offer the training needed to pivot into new roles through our Sector Based Work Academy Programme and prepare people for getting back into work.”

But Labour said the scheme "offers very little new support" and it was "too little too late".

Last month, official figures showed that the UK unemployment rate had risen to its highest level for two years, with young people particularly hard hit.

ABC Note: Potentially four million people could lose their jobs when the furlough scheme ends. 

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