Youth employment grants are about 'opportunity', not reducing the benefits bill, says minister

Dame Diana Johnson has said the government's plans to give one-off payments to employers who hire young people that have been unemployed for six months is "probably the largest package of support for young people who are out of work in a generation". Asked if this is about bringing the welfare bill down, the employment minister told Sky News: "This is about not letting a whole generation of young people lose out on the opportunity to work. "We cannot have young people not given the opportunity to earn. I want a system that's giving opportunity to people." Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-mandelson-files-starmer-labour-trump-12593360 #youthunemployment #welfare #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales