Neets review won't be for the faint-hearted - and will test Burnham's appetite for a welfare fight
Summary
A review led by former Labour MP Alan Milburn is due to set out proposals for young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or training. It proposes restricting some benefits for under-25s while expanding employment, education, training and health support, and creating a legal guarantee of help or an opportunity to work.Key Facts
- Nearly one million people under 25 in the UK are not in education, employment or training.
- The review is due to be published on Tuesday after a year of work.
- Milburn proposes preventing under-25s from claiming the main sickness and disability benefits.
- The review proposes shifting public spending from benefits toward employment support, with Milburn saying current benefit spending for young people is 25 times higher than employment-support spending.
- Milburn says the proposed changes could lead to many young people losing benefits or having them cut.
- The review proposes expanding further education, training, health support and taxpayer-subsidized jobs.
- The proposed opportunity guarantee would place a legal duty on authorities to offer young people help, such as a job, apprenticeship, training place or health treatment.
- In Merseyside, 14.5% of 16-to-24-year-olds are unemployed.
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