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The new initiative, launched as part of the coalition’s Youth Contract Scheme, will invite businesses and charities to bid for 16-17 year olds in contracts worth up to £2,200.

The winning organisations will receive the initial payments upfront and additional payouts when the youngsters show progress and improvement.

Mr Clegg said: “Sitting at home with nothing to do when you’re so young can knock the stuffing out of you for years. It is a tragedy for the young people involved – a ticking time bomb for the economy and our society as a whole.”

Although unemployment among young people in the UK is nothing new, the state of the current economic climate means that the problem could now have much bigger repercussions than it has in the past...

Official statistics recently released by the government have revealed that only 11% of male sexual crime victims actually report the incident to the police. In addition, further figures from the Met Police show that between 2009 and 2010 – a total of 945 sexual assaults against men were reported in London, suggesting that the true figure is somewhere around 10,000.

The Survivors UK campaign pictures a rugby ball pierced by a nail, and carries the message ‘Real Men Get Raped and Talking About It Takes Real Strength’. The hard-hitting campaign is set to be featured on 140 escalator panels throughout the capital, coinciding with the Six Nations rugby tournament. In addition, they...

The training, provided by mental health charity Mind Cymru’s Positive Choices project, is designed to teach the public how to spot signals that someone is thinking about suicide.

Those who completed the ASIST course felt 97% more prepared for helping a person at risk of suicide. A follow up study revealed that 73% of those trained had already applied their knowledge to help someone.

Spotting the signals early is vital for saving lives and helping people deal with their issues.

A counsellor may be able to help those suffering with suicide thoughts. To find out more about what counsellors deal with and what to expect, please visit our Types of Distress pages.

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Lead researcher Dr Wayne Hochwarter studied 400 working couples in order to investigate the connection between communication and stress levels.

One of the most common reasons for both divorce and career failure is lack of support between partners.

“When stress enters any relationship, it has the potential to either bind people together or break them apart,” Dr Hochwarter commented.

Results from the study showed that couples with the strongest levels of support in the home were more likely to be satisfied with their marriage, more likely to maintain a good relationship with their colleagues and have higher levels of concentration at work.

They were also found to be less likely to feel guilty about neglecting or criticising their families, and...