Opening Doors campaign

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched the Opening Doors campaign, which calls for companies to offer fair and open access to their jobs and professions for young people, regardless of who they are or where they come from.

New organisations are being asked join over 150 organisations, which have already signed up and to nominate themselves to win awards and promote best practice.

New YouGov research for the campaign found that a third of young people aged 16 to 25 from higher social grades, who indicated which industry they would like to work in, already have a job in their chosen industry, compared to just 5 percent of young people in lower social grades.

For further information on the campaign visit www.gov.uk/government/news/deputy-prime-minister-calls-in-the-dragon-to-open-up-the-jobs-market-for-young-people.