Pat McFadden: “Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’.”

This is a serious investment in the next generation and in the future of our economy.

I don’t think you can or should do welfare reform just by saying ‘here’s a sum of money we’ve got to save’, and then you graft on the policy afterwards.

We have an obligation to put good support in place.

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