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Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn

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Exclusive: Former health secretary says upfront investment in support is needed ‘if we are going to end the Neet crisis’ 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. Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for…

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