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Summary
Future developments
Key references
Questions and answers
New Deal overview
New Deal for Young People
New Deal 25 plus
New Deal 50 plus
New Deal for Disabled People, Lone Parents and Partners
New Deal for Musicians
Self-employment
Sector specific training

Summary

• The aim of New Deal is to get unemployed people off benefits and back into work, by closing the gap between the skills employers want and the skills people can offer. (See 5.305 New Deal overview)
• New Deal options are available to young people aged 18 to 24 (see 5.306 New Deal for people aged 18 to 24); people aged 25 and over who have been on the unemployed register for two or more years (see 5.307 New Deal 25 plus); long-term unemployed people aged 50 and over who want to work (see 5.308 New Deal 50 plus); lone parents and disabled people who want to work; partners of unemployed people who want to work (see 5.309 New Deal for Disabled People, Lone Parents and Partners); and musicians (see 5.310 New Deal for Musicians).