The former health secretary warned the situation led to ‘incalculable costs for their life chances’.

Alan Milburn, a former Labour Health Secretary, talks about what he has uncovered while writing his major review into Britain's youth unemployment crisis

The former health secretary warned the situation led to ‘incalculable costs for their life chances’.

Former health secretary Alan Milburn claimed his review found the state was spending 25 times more on welfare for young people than on measures to get them into jobs

Alan Milburn warned that just £1 is spent on getting young people back into work for every £25 spent on benefits