Severely Disabled Young People Should Get Fast-Track Access to Benefits, Milburn Review Says
Alan Milburn's review of youth employment says 16- to 24-year-olds with the most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work.
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Young people whose complex disabilities leave them little prospect of finding paid work should be given fast-track access to disability benefits, according to an official review of youth employment led by former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn.
The review will recommend that 16- to 24-year-olds with the most severe, lifelong needs be guaranteed swift and unconditional benefit support, rather than being required to repeatedly prove that they are unable to work, according to the Guardian.
Milburn's review focuses specifically on young people with the most complex needs, arguing that the current system places an unnecessary burden on those least likely to benefit from continued assessment.
The proposal is part of a broader review of youth employment policy, though further details of its full scope and other recommendations were not included in the available report.
It remains to be seen whether the government will adopt the review's recommendations on fast-tracking benefit access for severely disabled young people.
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- Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says — The Guardian — World
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