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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Patrick Butler

Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

Photo from behind of a young person in a coat walking on a city street
Nearly 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK are classified as Neet (not in employment, education or training). Photograph: Oscar Wong/Getty Images

More than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work.

The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people and work by Alan Milburn could bring in stricter eligibility rules for keeping disability benefits – or remove them altogether – as part of a wider plan to boost flagging youth job rates.

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