For those who could work, or could change their situation, then we’ve got to help them do that.
Pat McFadden
The Public Record
We’re building a fair welfare system and an economy that works for everyone.
Today’s changes are driven by the fairness that underpins this Government – fairness for the taxpayer, fairness for disabled people and fairness for the country.
We’re saving £1 billion of taxpayer money by removing VAT relief from some new Motability leases whilst ensuring the scheme still supports disabled people’s mobility and independence.
There is a design flaw in our credit system, which was built into Universal Credit on the way it was designed, which is that it is too easy for people to be signed off and written off with them receiving no help, no support, and no…
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.
I'm going to announce another 180 next week, and these are places which get the job centre out of the job centre and meet people where they are.
In the Netherlands, inactivity is a last resort, yet we all too often see young people signed off and written off, without engagement or support.
That is a system failure which has failed our young people. We should learn from their approach of having a pathway for every young person.





