MORE than 1,000 young people have been left out of work in York as a result of the pandemic. Labour councillors are calling for Government action to extend its job placement scheme - and for the council to improve its own apprenticeship scheme. A spokesperson for the group said more than 1,000 York people aged 16 to 24 are now unemployed - a figure that is expected to rise next month when the latest data is published. The group is calling for action to help ensure young people are not consigned to years of unemployment or low paid, unstable work. City of York Council, as a large employer, pays 0.5 per cent of its wages bill into the apprenticeship levy scheme - which then goes back into training apprentices in council departments.