Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor

The British chancellor warned against the rising benefits bill without providing opportunities for young people. John Healey stated at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that cutting welfare spending is a moral duty, emphasizing that the best offer for youth is a first job with training and wages. He announced the expansion of a Local Apprenticeships Service for mayors in England to increase apprenticeships for young people. Healey also stressed fiscal discipline to reassure markets and criticized the Conservative government's past spending on debt over key ministries.