Minor mental health conditions should not be an excuse for young people not to work, the shadow work and pensions secretary told the Tory conference.
Helen Whately revealed students are being advised to sign on for benefits as soon as they finish university and that claiming benefits had become a ‘lifestyle choice’.
The Conservatives have made the need for welfare reform a central feature of their annual party conference in Birmingham this week as they seek to draw a dividing line with Labour.
Ms Whately told a fringe event at the conference, hosted by the Centre for Policy Studies think tank, that some
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