tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post6039138163193001711..comments2020-09-25T03:19:54.549+01:00Comments on Thanet Lab: Youth unemployment petitionThanet Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242465084251281120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-47941307186040206692011-11-07T12:07:23.595+00:002011-11-07T12:07:23.595+00:00By repeating last years bankers bonus tax we are e...By repeating last years bankers bonus tax we are expecting to raise £2 billion. Last year the bonus tax raised £3.5 billion, so ours assumption is a very conservative one. The funds raised from the bank bonus tax could be used to: <br /><br />• Establish a £600m fund for youth jobs. This would help more than 90,000 young people into work at a time when youth unemployment has reached almost one million. <br /><br />• Provide £1.2bn to fund the construction of more than 25,000 homes across the country. This would generate more than 20,000 jobs and several times more in the supply chain, and as many as 1,500 construction apprenticeships at a time when demand for construction apprentices has fallen by 31%. <br /><br />• Boost the Regional Growth Fund by £200m. With the first wave of the fund over-subscribed several times over, this would be a quick way to drive new investment. The Regional Growth Fund represents a two-thirds cut from the funding for Regional Development Agencies, which were abolished last year.<br /><br />Let us know if you have any more questions and we will get some answers for you.Thanet Labhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242465084251281120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-34117409809056395752011-11-06T22:03:50.344+00:002011-11-06T22:03:50.344+00:00Well done on getting so many signatures. Ive not y...Well done on getting so many signatures. Ive not yet seen any costings or detail of this Labour policy announced at Conference. How much money would be raised by this and how many new jobs will be created?James Maskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441611588943798565noreply@blogger.com