Overview
- Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden confirmed 80 additional sites across Great Britain on Wednesday, advancing a plan to reach more than 360 areas over three years with openings already underway since November 2025.
- Each site will follow minimum standards that place Jobcentre support, mental health and housing help, skills training, careers advice, and direct links to employers in one local venue for 16–24-year-olds.
- The Scottish Professional Football League Trust will help deliver sites in Scotland, following a Glasgow jobs fair at the Royal Concert Hall that connected about 2,400 young people with employers such as Scottish Power, HSBC, Barclays, Police Scotland, the RAF, NHS24 and Kier Construction.
- Wales will get 12 new locations, and the UK Government will devolve some employment support funding to the Welsh Government with an initial £20 million transfer for Economic Inactivity Trailblazer pilots.
- The expansion sits within a £2.5 billion Youth Guarantee that includes a £3,000 Youth Jobs Grant for hires from Universal Credit, changes to the Growth and Skills Levy to favour apprentices, and an expanded Jobs Guarantee for 18–24-year-olds in response to rising youth inactivity.