BLP: Youth need job security

FOR BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY (BLP) candidate Ryan Straughn, employment for young people isn’t just job number 1.

It’s job number 2, 3, and 4 for the Christ Church East Central hopeful in the next general election.

In addition, he revealed the BLP is already working behind the scenes, preparing a pitch to bat should it be elected to government.

Straughn, an economist by profession, said yesterday high unemployment and a clear lack of opportunities were creating a sense of hopelessness among young people in the urban Christ Church community he plans to represent by unseating the incumbent, Minister of Education Ronald Jones. (BA) 

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