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Pol Allingham

UK needs ‘tough love’ approach to young people on benefits – Alan Milburn

Former health secretary Alan Milburn (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain needs to treat young people on benefits with “tough love” as the current system has become “a total state failure”, Alan Milburn has said.

The former Labour minister, who is currently writing a review on youth unemployment, told The Times the state should provide greater employment support in exchange for a new “duty to engage”.

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