{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/753144.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":753144,"attributes":{"action":"Reintroduce the JobStart scheme instead of reintroducing 2+ child benefits","background":"Instead of reintroducing child benefit for unlimited numbers of children in a family, use the money to fund an ambitious scheme to get young people into work by meeting half their wage costs.","additional_details":"The JobStart scheme paid employers half the wages of young people to get them into work. Such a scheme is desperately needed now, as employers hesitate to recruit in the current climate and young people need to be in work for both personal and societal well being.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2025-12-02T18:06:29.025Z","updated_at":"2026-01-22T16:59:20.281Z","rejected_at":"2026-01-22T16:59:20.283Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-12-03T18:15:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"The Jobstart scheme which you refer to seems to only have been available in Northern Ireland. \r\n\r\nThere is already a petition open on keeping the two-child benefit cap which you may wish to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/752621"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DWP","name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"}],"topics":[]}}}