Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

Pat McFadden’s speech at the Labour conference is a sign the government is preparing the ground again for changes to the welfare system. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

Labour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said.

In a sign he is looking to overhaul the welfare state, Pat McFadden said it was time for Labour to “renew” the system first created by the Clement Attlee government and given a new deal by New Labour.