<p>Exclusive: Former health secretary says upfront investment in support is needed ‘if we are going to end the Neet crisis’</p><p>Ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support if it wants to end the youth Neet crisis, the author of a government-led review has said.</p><p>Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for more employment support, opening a potentially contentious debate within the Labour party over welfare cuts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/18/cut-benefits-fund-employment-support-young-people-neet-review-author-alan-milburn">Continue reading...</a>
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Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn
<p>Exclusive: Former health secretary says upfront investment in support is needed ‘if we are going to end the Neet crisis’</p><p>Ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support if it wants to end the youth Neet crisis, the author of a government-led review has said.</p><p>Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for more employment support, opening a potentially contentious debate within the Labour party over welfare cuts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/18/cut-benefits-fund-employment-support-young-people-neet-review-author-alan-milburn">Continue reading...</a>