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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden and Kiran Stacey

Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn

Alan Milburn speaking at a press conference for the publication of his interim report into young people and work
Milburn said the welfare system ‘just isn’t working for young people’. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

Ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support if it wants to end the youth Neet crisis, the author of a government-led review has said.

Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for more employment support, opening a potentially contentious debate within the Labour party over welfare cuts.

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