Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

Exclusive: Former ministers review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and starting work, the government is to be told.Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britains youth jobs crisis, will call for a new national pre-apprenticeship route to offer young people further education, training and work experience.