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Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 29 October 2024

Debate

Employment, Education and Training: Young People

Contribution

My Lords, the Youth Futures Foundation—an independent not-for-profit organisation—calls the number of NEETs a “crisis”. As we know, 66% fall into the economically inactive category. I acknowledge the need for better mental health support, but the head of the Government’s new Labour Market Advisory Board, who advocated for “quicker, clearer and more effective” sanctions in his advisory role prior to 2010, now suggests a universal income for those out of work and states that sanctions are not a priority. Can the Minister explain what is going on? Is this official Labour policy?

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