Burnham pledges early intervention and ‘benefits backstop’ to tackle youth jobs crisis
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Key context: <p>Prime minister promises ‘root-and-branch rethink’ of support for young people as Milburn report advises sweeping changes to some benefits</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/15/britain-young-people-crisis-alan-milburn-review-welfare-childhood">Andy Burnham: The crisis facing Britain’s young people is politicians’ fault. To fix it, we need a generational response</a></p></li></ul><p>Andy Burnham has pledged to intervene as early as childhood to tackle youth unemployment before a watershed review, promising “a root-and-branch rethink of how we support childhood in the modern world”.</p><p>Burnham said the government would intervene at all the stages of life in which young people fell behind, and “long before they find themselves out of work and reliant on the state”, including providing more opportunities for vocational training in schools.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/15/no-free-lunch-milburn-mcfadden-kuenssberg-uk-benefits-youth-unemployment-neet">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Prime minister promises ‘root-and-branch rethink’ of support for young people as Milburn report advises sweeping changes to some benefitsAndy Burnham: The crisis facing Britain’s young people is politicians’ fault. To fix it, we need a generational responseAndy Burnham has pledged to intervene as early as childhood to tackle youth unemployment before a watershed review, promising “a root-and-branch rethink of how we support childhood in the modern world”.Burnham said the government would intervene at all the stages of life in which young people fell behind, and “long before they find themselves out of work and reliant on the state”, including providing more opportunities for vocational training in schools. Continue reading...
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