Labour to tackle youth unemployment

Title

Labour to tackle youth unemployment

Genre

Speech

TX Date

10 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:01:08

Description

Speech by shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown on the Labour Party Welfare for Work proposals which would force the unemployed under 25 to accept work, opt for training or risk taking a cut in benefits. The proposals would be paid for by a windfall tax on the privatised utitilies and mean remaining unemployed and receiving benefits would no longer be an option.

Contributors

Gordon Brown

Keywords

Labour Party; Social security; Unemployed youth; Dole; Employment policy; Youth unemployment; Unemployment benefit; Training

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