By Phil Coleman

Last updated at 14:13, Friday, 17 August 2012

A public meeting has been called by campaigners who are battling to improve job opportunities for young people in the county.

The guest speaker at the event will be Paul Callanan, national organiser for the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign, which is battling youth unemployment and has backing from several trade unions.

The organiser of the Carlisle meeting is unemployed maths graduate Daniel Thorburn.

The 28-year-old said: “It’s getting pretty hard for young people to get jobs.

“There’s been a big rise in tuition fees, with a yearly cap of £9,000; the door to the public sector has been closed and we’re in a double dip recession.

“We need a programme of public works to create jobs.

“They’ve spent a fortune on the Olympics, so they should put similar investment into training a new generation of construction workers who could dthen help to build affordable homes.”

The meeting is to be held at Club 35 in Lowther Street on Monday, starting at 7pm.

Last year, Daniel, of Oaklands Drive, Upperby, joined dozens of protesters who recreated the historic Jarrow march against unemployment and poverty 76 years ago.

First published at 14:10, Friday, 17 August 2012
Published by http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk