The Leicester and Leicestershire City Deal will create thousands of new jobs and apprentices. It aims to halve youth unemployment by establishing the ‘Young Persons Pledge’.

This pledge commits the area to provide all 16 to 24-year-olds with the chance to secure sustained employment, education and training and is underpinned by the ‘to work’ programme.

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