Badenoch proposes welfare reform that would stop many jobless under-25s getting universal credit – UK politics live
Even families on benefits know that the system is out of control. But no one wants to be the one to get off the treadmill first. The Tories are describing this as a “tough love” approach designed to deal with the problem of around one million young people being Neets (not in employment, education or training).
- ▪Even families on benefits know that the system is out of control.
- ▪But no one wants to be the one to get off the treadmill first.
- ▪The Tories are describing this as a “tough love” approach designed to deal with the problem of around one million young people being Neets (not in employment, education or training).
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| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:04:11 GMT |
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3m ago04.04 EDTGood morning. The Conservatives start their conference at the weekend and Kemi Badenoch is kicking off proceedings by announcing a significant plan for welfare reform – stopping many under-25s from being able to claim universal credit, the main unemployment benefit.Instead, they would get a new Get to Work Allowance – which would be subject to conditions from day one intended to help people find work. If after six months they are still out of work, they would go on to a new benefit, a Subsistence Allowance, worth just 70% of their previous claims.The plans don’t relate to disability benefits, because they would only apply to people able to work.Explaining the plans in an interview with the Spectator, Kemi Badenoch said: double quotation markIt’s unfair to the people who get…
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