Andy Burnham will give some parents on benefits up to £4,500 a year if their teenagers take up an apprenticeship.
In a bid to remove a disincentive to work in the welfare system, the Government has announced a new handout targeted at families on Universal Credit.
It comes as part of a wider package of measures being unveiled by the Prime Minister on Tuesday aimed at tackling Britain’s youth unemployment crisis.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden insisted the welfare system should be a ‘springboard to opportunity, not a barrier to it’ as he set out Labour’s plans.
Ministers hope a new bursary will remove
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