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Anas Sarwar outlines Scottish Labour's plan to help people out of work

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06.04.2021 - 11:41

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leader will announce the policy that he says will help people out of work, furloughed or in at-risk industries. As part of the plan, those currently on furlough or Universal Credit would receive an average of £500 to pay for training to find high-skilled jobs - with up to £750 for attendance for those unemployed.

The total cost in the first Covid year of the New Skills Benefit is anticipated to be £250-300 million - predominantly from the Scottish budget and unallocated Barnett consequentials - before reducing to around £100 million per year.

It comes on the day of the latest unemployment stats with recent Office of National Statistics figures saying the rate rose to 4.3% between March and May.Ahead of the launch, Sarwar highlighted more.

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