Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
The UK government is considering replacing disability benefits for under-25s with a new employment support package. The initiative aims to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment, or training by providing intensive job support and mental health resources.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in welfare policy that could impact the financial stability of disabled youth while aiming to address long-term unemployment.
The plans are part of a drive to help more of the nation’s one million 16- to 24-year-olds not in work, employment or training (Neets) back into the workplace. The plans are part of a drive to help more of the nation’s one million 16- to 24-year-olds not in work, employment or training (Neets) back into the workplace. Welfare Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
Prefer the Guardian on Google Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned.
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