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Amazon pledges 30,000 jobs for young Britons with no CV needed as NEET numbers near one million

Amazon pledges 30,000 jobs for young Britons with no CV needed as NEET numbers near one million

All roles pay £15.10 an hour — an annual rate of more than £31,000 pro rata — and include a pension and private medical insurance from day one. The picking and packing positions target 18 to 24-year-olds from Britain's most deprived areas. Amazon UK boss John Boumphrey says he wants 'a great attitude'. Employers are pressing ministers to cut hiring costs that rose sharply after Rachel Reeves's 2024 national insurance hike.

Amazon is also trebling work experience places to 10,000 by 2030.

Chancellor John Healey ruled out a feared warehouse tax on online retailers last week.

Tesco, Boots, McDonald's and Nando's have each backed 100,000-job youth drives.

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