McFadden Backs Legal Right to Job Support for Under-25s as Review Targets 25-to-1 Spending Gap
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 15
McFadden Backs Legal Right to Job Support for Under-25s as Review Targets 25-to-1 Spending Gap
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 15
Summary
Pat McFadden said young people should have a legally underpinned guarantee of help into work, arguing current support is too vague and people need certainty about what they can claim.
Tuesday's review by former Labour minister Alan Milburn is expected to propose guaranteed job placements or training for under-25s, alongside tougher obligations to accept apprenticeships, college places, coaching or jobs.
£25 is currently spent on benefits for every £1 on employment support, Milburn said, and he wants that ratio shifted to £2 to £1, partly by cutting some young people's benefit entitlements.
From next April, eligible under-25s will be offered a subsidised six-month minimum-wage job after 12 months unemployed rather than 18, the second expansion after the age cap was raised from 21 to 24.