'DON'T skip classes and we'll offer you a job' was the carrot being dangled before East Lancashire teenagers.
Education bosses in Blackburn and Burnley were chasing up to £400,000 in Government cash to pioneer a scheme which promised to guarantee youngsters work in return for passing exams and not playing truant.
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