Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’
Labour has failed to tackle soaring youth unemployment and must launch a “system reset” involving a fresh attempt to overhaul health and disability benefits, a report commissioned by the government is to warn.
Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into why almost a million young people are not in education or work, said ministers had so far responded with a series of disjointed jobs programmes.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/25/labour-needs-system-reset-to-tackle-youth-unemployment-report-to-say
Author : Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
Publish date : 2026-05-25 13:00:00
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