Young people should have legal guarantee to job or training, says Milburn
Summary
Alan Milburn has proposed a legal guarantee that young people can access a job, training or other employment support. His plan would shift government spending from benefits toward work support, and could reduce benefits for some young people who refuse help or meet proposed eligibility changes.Key Facts
- Milburn’s proposals are due to be published in full on Tuesday.
- The proposed “opportunity guarantee” would place a legal duty on the government to provide young people with a route into employment.
- Milburn says spending on benefits for young people is 25 times spending on employment support and wants to change the ratio to two to one.
- He says the government spends £22 billion a year supporting economically inactive young people and should spend that money differently.
- Milburn has proposed that people under 25 should no longer be able to claim some health benefits, including Personal Independence Payment and the health element of Universal Credit.
- Milburn says young people who refuse the offered help could lose benefits.
- Almost one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training, according to the latest Office for National Statistics data.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the forthcoming report a “watershed moment” but has not committed to adopting all its proposals.
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