"Good morning. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, was a student when the Blair government was in power and one of her heroes at the time was Gordon Brown, who ran the Treasury for 10 years. One of Brown's flagship measures was an employment programme for young people (the new deal) and today Reeves says she wants to achieve something similar."
"At the spending review, I pledged record investment in skills to support our young people. And so today, I can announce that with that investment we will fund a new Youth Guarantee We won't leave a generation of young people to languish without prospects denied the dignity, the security and the ladders of opportunity that good work provides. Just as the last Labour government, with its new deal for young people, abolished long-term youth unemployment I can commit this government to nothing less than the abolition of long-term youth unemployment. We've done before and we'll do it again."
Rachel Reeves served as a student during the Blair government and regarded Gordon Brown as a political hero. Gordon Brown ran the Treasury for ten years and introduced the New Deal employment programme for young people. Reeves announces a Youth Guarantee funded by record investment in skills aimed at abolishing long-term youth unemployment and providing dignity, security and ladders of opportunity through good work. Reeves pledges funding for a library in every primary school in England. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, is speaking at the same conference. Multiple newspapers give front-page coverage and report reactions to Keir Starmer's comments on Reform UK.
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