The British Pre-Budget Report: What Does It Mean for Education and Youth Unemployment?

The BBC provide a synopsis of how the British Budget will affect youth unemployment and the education sector across the pond. Here.

* Another half a million primary school children in England will get free school lunches. This will affect families with a household income below £16,190 and will be staged, half in September next year and the rest a year later – ultimately benefiting about 500,000 children at a cost of £140m a year. (More on the meals initiatives in the comments section).

* The government will offer £8m of financial support for up to 10,000 undergraduates from low-income backgrounds to take up short-term internships. The existing guarantee of a place in education or training for every 16 and 17-year-old would be available again in September 2010. From next month no-one under the age of 24 need be out of work for more than six months before being guaranteed work or training – rather than the current 12 months.