The Independent, on UK Politics, 15 November 2026
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Read the original article on independent.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The Independent reports the Government's expansion of its youth jobs scheme to under-25s after 12 months on universal credit, alongside Alan Milburn's forthcoming review and responses from the Government, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Claims are attributed to the people who made them, and the article sets the Government's "guarantee" against the fact that it carries no legal duty. Nothing in it misleads the reader.
“The DWP’s existing scheme is called the “jobs guarantee” but does not include a legal duty.”
The article does not let the Government's own branding stand. It tells the reader plainly that the "guarantee" carries no legal duty, which is the point Milburn's call for a legal guarantee turns on.
“the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said”
The Government's promise of a "guaranteed" job is attributed to the department and the word is kept in quotation marks, so the reader knows it is the DWP's claim and not the outlet's own.
“The Liberal Democrats said the six-month offering was worth “very little” without a job at the end of it.”
The article gives space to criticism from two opposition parties after the minister's statement, so the Government's announcement does not stand unanswered.
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