Labour plan would see young jobless stripped of benefits if they refuse training (From The Northern Echo)
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JOBLESS young people will be stripped of benefits if they refuse to go on training schemes, under tough new Labour plans.
Ed Miliband will announce today (Thursday) that a new “youth allowance” will be introduced for 18 to 21–year olds not in work or education, if his party wins power.
But only young people who are undertaking training will be eligible for the allowance which will also be means-tested – in a crackdown on those tempted by “a life on benefits”.
Ed Miliband will announce today (Thursday) that a new “youth allowance” will be introduced for 18 to 21–year olds not in work or education, if his party wins power.
But only young people who are undertaking training will be eligible for the allowance which will also be means-tested – in a crackdown on those tempted by “a life on benefits”.
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