David Cameron’s bid to woo the youth

David Cameron will make a play for the youth vote later on Thursday, insisting that more young people will get a “first chance” under a Conservative government.

The prime minister will unveil a “Five Point Guarantee”, saying: “If you’re young, want to work hard and want to get on, the Conservative Party is the party for you.”

The five promises are:

• Delivering over three million new apprenticeships and keeping university places uncapped.
• Maintaining Employment Allowance, ensuring there is no national insurance on jobs for people under 21, and abolishing employers’ NI on apprentices under 25.
• Raising the personal allowance to #12,500 by 2020.
• Introducing a Personal Savings Allowance, and a Help to Buy ISA.
• Building 200,000 Starter Homes and extending the Help to Buy scheme for underwriting mortgage

His move to woo young voters is timely. A new poll suggests that as many as 60 per cent of 16-24 year olds are certain to vote in the General Election.

The age group made up a third of a surge in voter applications the day before registrations closed. This will be welcomed by Labour who have considerably more support amongst the young – polling 34 per cent compared to the Tories’ 23 per cent according to YouGov.

On Wednesday night Jon Snow presented a lively debate with 150 young people and members of the main political parties.

Watch the debate below: