# Young people should have legal guarantee to job or training, says Milburn

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/young-people-should-have-legal-guarantee-to-job-or-training-says-milburn/
- Published: 2026-11-14T06:00:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T06:20:45+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Politics (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c69vwp09d7vvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Milburn proposes a legal guarantee of work or training support for young people.
- He wants spending shifted from benefits towards employment help.
- Almost one million young people are not in work, education or training.

## Summary

Alan Milburn says young people should have a legal guarantee of access to a job, training or other employment support. He argues that government policy should shift from paying benefits towards helping young people into work, while those who refuse suitable help could lose benefits.

Milburn says the government spends £22bn a year supporting economically inactive young people, and that benefit spending is 25 times employment support spending. He wants that balance changed to two to one, which would mean benefit cuts and more funding for training and support. Almost one million young people are not in education, employment or training; the government is expected to respond after the full proposals are published on Tuesday.

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