âApprenticeship penaltyâ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit
Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are abandoning valuable job training opportunities because of a little-known welfare âapprenticeship penaltyâ that can leave their families out of pocket by as much as ÂŁ340 a week.The problem is caused by benefit rules that classify a 16-year-old apprentice as an âindependent workerâ who no longer requires parental support. As a result, the parentsâ child benefit and child and disability elements of universal credit are withdrawn. Continue reading...
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