Starmer urged to tackle welfare reform in wake of Milburn report
Welfare reform is back on the agenda with Alan Milburn’s report into the one million Neets — young people not in education, employment or training. A key finding is the disparity between the money spent on supporting young people on benefits and how much goes into programmes to help them find work. With a leadership challenge looming, Sir Keir Starmer is being urged to grasp the nettle of welfare and show he is intent on reforming the economy and curbing the inexorable rise in public spending. Getting the young into employment would be a central plank in that mission.
