政府或将被告知，英格兰应推行一项全国性的学徒准备计划，以填补年轻人在离校与就业之间的能力差距。
A 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.
正在主导英国青年就业危机重大审查工作的艾伦·米尔本将呼吁建立一条新的“全国学徒预备通道”，为年轻人提供进一步的教育、培训和工作经验。
Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britain's youth jobs crisis will call for a new "national pre-apprenticeship route" to offer young people further education, training and work experience.
这位前工党内阁大臣在公布备受期待的最终报告建议时发出警告——该报告的发布已被推迟至本月预算案之后——他强调，必须采取行动，应对过去十年中青年学徒项目启动数量急剧下降的问题。
Setting out the recommendation from his highly awaited final report – which has been delayed until after this month's budget – the former Labour cabinet minister warned action was required to address a dramatic plunge in the number of youth apprenticeship starts over the past decade.
当前，青年失业率持续高企，每五个学徒岗位中只有一个会提供给16至18岁的年轻人。此外，19岁以下人群参与学徒项目的数量在过去十年中也几乎减半。
Against a backdrop of soaring youth unemployment as few as one in five apprenticeship starts currently go to a 16- to 18-year-old. The number of under-19s enrolling on an apprenticeship has also almost halved in a decade.
这一细节的披露正值安迪·伯纳姆领导的政府将米尔本的完整建议推迟至至少11月公布之际。唐宁街方面担心，该报告可能与10月28日的预算案产生冲突。
The detail comes as Andy Burnham's government delays Milburn's full recommendations until at least November, amid concerns in Downing Street that his report could sit uneasily alongside the 28 October budget.
作为托尼·布莱尔内阁的前任大臣，米尔本已暗示，改革英国的福利制度将是其报告的核心内容之一，此外还将包括加强就业支持、培训和学徒项目的措施。
A former minister in Tony Blair's cabinet, Milburn has signalled that a shake-up of Britain's benefits system would form a central plank of his report, alongside measures to boost job support, training and apprenticeships.
作为回应，政府官员正在研究全面的福利改革计划，包括取消针对25岁以下人群的一项关键残疾福利，并以价值数十亿英镑的就业支持计划取而代之。
In response, ministers are exploring plans for sweeping welfare changes, including scrapping a critical disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work.
伯纳姆及其财政大臣约翰·希利已表明，他们准备遏制政府不断增长的福利支出。其他工党高级官员，包括就业与养老金事务大臣帕特·麦克法登，也表示，在中东战争冲击公共财政的背景下，改革福利制度既有道德必要性，也有经济必要性。
Burnham and his chancellor, John Healey, have signalled readiness to stem the government's rising benefits bill. Other senior Labour figures, including the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, have said there is both a moral case and an economic one to overhaul the welfare system, as the war in the Middle East rattles the public finances.
然而，政府正采取谨慎态度，以避免重蹈福利改革引发的抗议浪潮，那次事件曾迫使基尔·斯塔默和雷切尔·里夫斯做出令人尴尬且代价高昂的政策转向。米尔本的审查报告原定于下周发布。
However, the government is taking a cautious approach to avoid provoking a repeat of the welfare rebellion which forced Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves into an embarrassing and costly U-turn. Milburn's review had been scheduled for launch next week.
接近此次审查的知情人士证实了延迟的消息，但淡化了其重要性。其中一人表示，唐宁街正在研究如何将该报告与另外几项重要审查结果一并公布，包括蒂姆斯对残疾福利的审查，以及预算案和首相的十年政府规划。
Sources close to the review confirmed the delay, although downplayed its significance. One said that Downing Street was working to decide how to present the report alongside several other big reviews, including the Timms review into disability benefits, as well as the budget and the prime minister's 10-year plan for government.
伯纳姆承诺，若成功执政，他将把应对青年非教育、非就业、非培训（Neet）人数激增至近100万的问题列为首要议程，其中包括对技术教育和学徒制度进行大刀阔斧的改革。目前，开始学徒培训的人中，此前处于Neet状态的比例仅约2%。
Burnham has promised to tackle the rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) to almost 1 million at the top of his agenda for power, including sweeping changes to retool technical education and apprenticeships Currently, as few as 2% of people starting apprenticeships were previously Neet.
在介绍其学徒培训前准备计划的细节时，米尔本表示，他在英格兰提出的新计划将针对那些缺乏获得并维持完整学徒资格所需资历、信心、工作经验或日常习惯的年轻人。
Presenting the details of his pre-apprenticeship plan, Milburn said his call for a new programme in England would be targeted at young people who lack the qualifications, confidence, workplace experience or routines needed to secure and sustain a full apprenticeship.
该计划主要通过继续教育学院实施，将英语和数学学习与技术课程及雇主提供的实践经历相结合。这一提案与奥地利为期一年的职业预备课程类似，旨在帮助年轻人做好进入学徒培训的准备。
Delivered mainly through further education colleges, it would combine English and maths with technical learning and hands-on experience with an employer. The proposal would be similar to a one-year pre-vocational pathway in Austria that is designed to prepare young people for progression into apprenticeships.
其他Neet率远低于英国的国家，如荷兰和奥地利，则更加重视职业培训路径。在这些国家，超过一半的15至19岁的高中阶段学生都选择了职业课程。
Other countries with much lower Neet rates than the UK have placed much greater emphasis on vocational routes, including the Netherlands and Austria, where more than half of 15- to 19-year olds in upper-secondary education enrol in vocational programmes.
本月，政府宣布扩大地方学徒服务，并为此项目提供1亿英镑的资助。该计划由各地市长负责实施，为期两年，旨在将帮助年轻人匹配本地企业的地区数量翻倍。
This month, the government announced an expansion in local apprenticeship services, backed by £100m of funding, in a programme delivered by regional mayors, across two years, to double the number of areas matching young people with local businesses.
米尔伯恩表示，多年来，年轻人一直被建议去接受学徒培训。“但对许多年轻人来说，从学校毕业到具备参加完整学徒培训的能力之间仍存在差距，”他补充道。
Milburn said young people had been told for years to go and get an apprenticeship. "But for many young people there is a gap between leaving school and being ready for a full apprenticeship," he added.
“他们可能需要提高英语或数学水平，或者积累更多职场经验。而雇主也理所当然地希望确认，求职者已经准备好按时到岗、学习岗位技能并坚持工作。
"They may need to improve their English or maths or get more experience of a workplace. And employers understandably want to know that someone is ready to turn up, learn the job and stick at it.
“我希望推出一项全新的国家学徒预备课程。这项课程将通过各学院提供，结合英语和数学教学、技术训练以及与雇主合作的实际经验。其唯一目标就是：帮助年轻人顺利就业。”
"I want a new national pre-apprenticeship route. A course done through colleges, combining English and maths, technical training and proper experience with an employer. Geared towards one thing: getting a young person into work."