Cutting welfare costs will need higher spending elsewhere, Burnham claims

Evening Standard · David Lynch · 2026-11-06 15:31 UTC

The Prime Minister is is awaiting a review which will recommend how to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

Cutting the costs of welfare will require the Government to spend more in other areas, like education, Andy Burnham has suggested.

The Prime Minister is awaiting the outcome of a major review which will recommend how to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neets) who are claiming benefits.

As he visited an employer in Wiltshire on Friday, Mr Burnham was asked how his plans to give young people more career support tallied up with the need for departments across Government to slash their budgets in light of pledges to hike defence funding.

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