UK papers: Youth benefits 'crack down' and Gatwick 'Fly and dry'
Youth benefits 'crack down' and Gatwick 'Fly and dry'Published2 minutes agoImage caption, Prime Minister Andy Burnham's latest policy plans lead several front pages. "PM to crack down on youth benefits" is the Daily Telegraph's headline, reporting that "payments may be stopped unless training or voluntary work is done" as part of the new administration's efforts to "reduce the country's £333bn welfare bill" and "find billions of pounds for spending on social care and defence". "We will always support those who genuinely need it", said a spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions.Image caption, "Young people who take up part-time work on minimum wage earn £100 less than those claiming sickness benefits", is the Times' top story.
- ▪Youth benefits 'crack down' and Gatwick 'Fly and dry'Published2 minutes agoImage caption, Prime Minister Andy Burnham's latest policy plans lead several front pages.
- ▪"PM to crack down on youth benefits" is the Daily Telegraph's headline, reporting that "payments may be stopped unless training or voluntary work is done" as part of the new administration's efforts to "reduce the country's £333bn welfare b
- ▪"We will always support those who genuinely need it", said a spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions.Image caption, "Young people who take up part-time work on minimum wage earn £100 less than those claiming sickness benefits", is
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Youth benefits 'crack down' and Gatwick 'Fly and dry'Published2 minutes agoImage caption, Prime Minister Andy Burnham's latest policy plans lead several front pages. "PM to crack down on youth benefits" is the Daily Telegraph's headline, reporting that "payments may be stopped unless training or voluntary work is done" as part of the new administration's efforts to "reduce the country's £333bn welfare bill" and "find billions of pounds for spending on social care and defence". "We will always support those who genuinely need it", said a spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions.Image caption, "Young people who take up part-time work on minimum wage earn £100 less than those claiming sickness benefits", is the Times' top story.
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