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Last updated: 18-December-2008
Story date: 18-December-2008
ESF help for the unemployed
Tony McNulty MP
On 17 December Employment Minister Tony McNulty announced an additional £79 million of ESF to help unemployed people back to work.
The Minister said, “We have put in place extra help and support that will ensure everyone who becomes unemployed stands the best chance possible of getting back to work, including making available £79 million of additional European Social Fund money to support people who become unemployed.”
The additional money is part of a £158 million package of ESF funding to respond to the current economic challenges. The other £79 million will fund skills training for people who are at risk of losing their jobs or have very recently lost their jobs.