Liz Kendall made the ‘tough’ warning on the Sunday politics programmes (Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire)
Young people who refuse work, training or education will face ‘consequences’ under ‘tough’ new government plans.
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said this morning that those who ‘repeatedly refuse’ to take up these opportunities will lose their benefits, a suggestion which a mental health campaigner warned would be ‘terrible’ for young people suffering with their mental health.
The government plans to introduce a new ‘youth guarantee’, offering more apprenticeships and basic skills training to the almost one million young people who are economically inactive.
Speaking on Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Kendall said: ‘If you are out of work or lack basic skills when you are young, it can have lifelong consequences.
Source:: Metro