UK Needs ‘Tough Love’ Approach to Young People on Benefits – Alan Milburn

UK needs ‘tough love’ approach to young people on benefits – Alan Milburn

The former Labour minister told The Times the state should provide greater employment support in exchange for a new ‘duty to engage’.

'Total failure!' Andy Burnham told it's time for 'tough love' in benefits clampdown amid youth crisis

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being urged to take a "tough love" stance on young benefit claimants when it comes to any future Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reform.Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister tasked with reviewing youth unemployment, has proposed a new "duty to engage" with employment support.Speaking to The Times, the Government adviser described the present system as a "total state failure" that was "morally inde…