Labour's Hypocrisy on Benefits
Astonishingly, Labour have opposed government reforms designed to make work pay and help people get on in life. Ed Miliband recently said that a Labour government would end entitlement to out-of-work benefits for 18 to 21 year olds refusing to take training courses.
By contrast, Liberal Democrats' plans are helping young people earn and learn. We are assessing skills training for low-skilled young people to make sure that it is effective and beneficial.
By refusing to give young people benefits and forcing them to take whatever training is offered, Labour will make it harder for young people to find work.
The Liberal Democrats believe in opportunities for young people. We will not scrap housing benefits for under 25s and we will still encourage young people to look for work, including learning on the job through apprenticeships.
In fact, we have introduced over a million apprenticeships for young people and youth unemployment is falling - down 100,000 over the past year. And as part of our Youth Contract we have made over 100,000 work experience placements available to young people.
The Liberal Democrats in Government have helped create over 1 million new jobs and 1.6 million apprenticeships since 2010.
We've done this by:
- Putting £5.5 billion extra into hi-tech manufacturing, science and renewable energy.
- Creating a £3.2 billion Regional Growth Fund to help fund growing businesses.
- Using £15.3 billion to improve Britain's roads, railways and housing.
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