Young people deserve legal guarantee of job or training says Alan Milburn but will lose benefits if they say no - as Labour die-hards prepare to rebel

The Daily Mail reports Alan Milburn's call for a legal job or training guarantee for young people, with benefits withdrawn from those who refuse. Milburn, Andy Burnham and Lord Blunkett speak at length, while the Labour MPs who object get one unnamed likely rebel calling the plans 'ludicrous'. The Mail leaves out the concern about disabled young people that its own earlier report quoted from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy.

1. One side gets the space

   Minor

   “One likely rebel branded the proposals 'ludicrous'.”

   Why this matters

   The Mail gives the Labour MPs who object one unnamed word, while Milburn, Burnham and Blunkett speak at length in the rest of the article.

   The impression it gives

   The objection to the plan has no substance beyond calling it ludicrous.

   The context

   The Mail's own earlier article quoted a named Labour MP, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, on why the plan worries her. Other coverage quoted a GP MP and the disability charity Sense on the risk to young disabled people.

   How we know

   • Daily Mail wrote earlier“the worry is that this plan might rip up that promise for a whole generation of disabled young people”Labour revolt is ALREADY brewing as NEETs review calls for young people to be barred from claiming main sickness and disability benefits - but plan will cost taxpayers £6bn MORE (opens in a new tab)
   • ITV News reported“some young disabled people could lose out”Benefits shake up could see some young people lose out (opens in a new tab)