Minister hints young people should get legal right to a job

The i Paper's live blog reports Pat McFadden's and Alan Milburn's comments on youth unemployment, benefit cuts and a proposed legal duty on government. It quotes both men at length and gives the Conservative response. The headline turns a duty to provide opportunities, and a minister's call for a legislative underpinning, into a legal right to a job, which the body does not support.

1. Headline goes beyond the article

   Minor

   “legal right to a job”

   Why this matters

   The headline says the minister hinted at a "legal right to a job" for young people.

   The impression it gives

   A reader expects the Government to give young people an enforceable legal right to employment.

   The context

   In the body McFadden only says job support should have a "legislative underpinning". Milburn describes a duty on government to provide opportunities, which other outlets report as a job, training or employment support. When asked whether young people could sue, Milburn says he will avoid that "elephant trap".

   How we know

   • Elsewhere in the article“that job support should have a”
   • Elsewhere in the article“avoid that elephant trap”
   • The Independent reported“Young people should have a legal guarantee of a job, training or employment support”Alan Milburn: Young people should have legal guarantee of jobs or training (opens in a new tab)

   Show it in the article

2. Uses a loaded word

   Minor

   “embarrassing U-turn”

   Why this matters

   In its own voice the outlet calls the abandonment of the PIP reforms an "embarrassing U-turn".

   The impression it gives

   A reader takes the outlet's verdict that the climbdown was a humiliation as part of the facts.

   The context

   The plain fact, reported elsewhere, is that a revolt by Labour MPs forced the government to abandon the proposals. "Embarrassing" adds a judgement that the facts do not need.

   How we know

   • The Independent reported“was part of the revolt which forced Sir Keir”Alan Milburn: Young people should have legal guarantee of jobs or training (opens in a new tab)