Young people should be forced to work, says Field

Ahead of today’s second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill, former welfare minister Frank Field is arguing that young single people between the ages of 16 and 24 should be required to work to receive benefits, and if they fail to find a job, they should lose their entitlement. He has derided the bill, which he says will not do enough to overhaul a system costing a ‘staggering’ £75 billion.