Key Facts

• About one million people aged 16 to 24 in the UK are not in employment, education or training.
• Milburn said it would take a decade to reduce youth unemployment and the benefits bill to what he called a reasonable level.
• Milburn said the proposed investment in young people would cost billions of pounds over 10 years.
• The review is expected to propose nearly half a million job and education opportunities within a decade.
• The recommendations would replace ongoing Personal Independence Payments for some young people with access to local funds for short-term expenses and equipment.
• The proposals would protect benefit entitlement for under-25s with the most severe needs, while most others would no longer qualify for Personal Independence Payments or the health element of Universal Credit.
• Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the changes would include stronger intervention to direct young people into work or training.
• McFadden said the number of young people claiming Personal Independence Payments had doubled since the start of the decade, while the number receiving the health element of Universal Credit had risen by 80%.