Cutting welfare to pay for work support is all wrong | Letters
Priya Sahni-Nicholas on a proposal by Alan Milburn to help those not in education, employment or training. Plus letters from Ruth Lister and Alan CoppinAlan Milburn correctly identifies that the...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Priya Sahni-Nicholas on a proposal by Alan Milburn to help those not in education, employment or training. Plus letters from Ruth Lister and Alan Coppin Alan Milburn correctly identifies that the nation’s 1 million young people not in education, employment, or training (Neet) represent a crisis of “youth detachment” deeply intertwined with mental ill health ( Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn, 18 October ). However, his proposal to cut welfare benefits to fund employment support both misdiagnoses the problem and points to a solution that will worsen it. Continue reading...