Lost youth
THIS deeply unpopular Labour Government routinely appears directionless and badly in need of a purpose.
Fixing the mess of should be the driving mission it currently lacks.
Figures yesterday revealed almost a million 16 to 24-year-olds are not in work, education or training — many languishing on .
That’s one in eight kids — and a tragic waste of potential for every one of them.
Creating a jobless generation unable to contribute and adding to the
It is also likely to have terrible consequences for wider society.
Ministers need to examine every policy failure which — over decades — has got us into this tragic mess.
should rethink the minimum wage increase and National Insurance rises pricing young people out of their first .
Worst of all is a benefits system that pays more to go sick than work — offering no incentive to find a job.
There IS a big opportunity for British workers to replace migrants leaving Britain IF the Government can ramp up skills training first.
The economic and moral case for ending this nightmare for young people is overwhelming. Labour needs to urgently get on with the job.
Fixing the mess of spiralling youth unemployment should be Labour’s driving missionCredit: Getty
Die another day
THE Assisted Dying Bill always deserved to fall.
There are strong arguments on both sides of the debate.
But Private Members Bill fell apart under scrutiny from those against the idea of State-sponsored killing.
Often it seemed like the pro lobby were making up it up as they went along.
They never once considered the massive cost to the .
Such a huge shift in the law, such a sensitive issue of grave importance, should only ever have been brought forward by the Government.
Not left to a lone MP.
Rock & roll over
HAVING created a shambles by trying to sign away the Chagos Islands, Labour is now happy to give up control of another key territory.
As part of Spain will be allowed to send
Worse, Spanish authorities will also have the power to ban British citizens from visiting or seeking residency.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle says closer ties with the are “where the magic happens”.
By magic, he presumably means Labour’s promise to voters not to betray Brexit vanishing in a puff of smoke.
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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