UK Greens Propose Two-Year Jobs Guarantee for Unemployed Under-24s

The Green Party has proposed offering two-year jobs to unemployed people under the age of 24, a plan outlined by co-deputy leader Mothin Ali at the party's conference.

Ali told delegates that many young people in the UK currently feel "bored, desperate and lost" due to a lack of stable employment opportunities, framing the proposal as a response to persistent youth unemployment and underemployment.

Details of how the scheme would be funded, which sectors would offer the jobs, or how it would be implemented at a national level were not fully outlined in the conference remarks. Youth employment schemes of this kind have been proposed by various political parties in the UK in recent years, often framed around addressing gaps in the labor market left by young people struggling to enter stable, long-term work after education.

The Green Party, a smaller political force in UK politics relative to the Labour and Conservative parties, regularly uses its conference to set out policy positions on social and economic issues, even where its path to national implementation remains limited given its parliamentary representation.

Reaction to the proposal from other parties or from youth employment advocacy groups was not detailed in available coverage. The plan is expected to feature as part of the party's broader messaging on economic opportunity ahead of future elections.