Pat McFadden: “Young people deserve every opportunity to build a meaningful career, and that means making sure no one is left behind as…”

Every meeting I have is 'who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others'. They're asking the wrong questions.

I think we’re all bearing in mind what’s recently happened to Ann Widdecombe, the most appalling murder of a former politician, and I think that gives a duty on all politicians to be careful about what they post, what they share.

We've started on this road, we've got over 100 youth [hubs] at the moment, but I am convinced that we need to turbocharge this with the roll out of many more Dutch style youth hubs in the UK.

These latest figures underline why we are addressing youth inactivity as a priority.