Rachel Reeves to guarantee paid work for young people unemployed for 18 months

Becky MortonPolitical reporterPA MediaYoung people who have been out of a job or education for 18 months will be offered a guaranteed paid work placement, Rachel Reeves is set to announce. In her speech to Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, the chancellor will promise "nothing less than the abolition of long-term youth unemployment".She is also expected to make the case for a society founded on…