Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched a youth contract to ensure jobless in Test Valley can earn or learn. Starting next April the youth contact will provide work experience for all local unemployed 18 to 24 year olds who want it. Thousands more new work placement incentives over the next 3 years will encourage employers to take on young apprentices. “We can’t afford to loose the skills and talents of our young people. These plans will help the next generation to build the new economy we need” said St Mary’s councillor Nigel Long.