Alan Milburn, author of a significant review into youth engagement, proposes that career awareness programmes should begin for children as young as four years old, integrated into the primary school curriculum.
The Conservative Party has outlined new proposals to restrict how long-term jobless individuals can spend their benefits, specifically targeting alcohol and cigarettes. The plans also include provisions to reduce benefits for those deemed able to work but who have repeatedly failed to secure employment.
Donald Trump's administration is pushing forward with plans to construct a massive 250-foot arch on the US-Mexico border, despite escalating criticism from Democratic lawmakers who condemn the project as an expensive and militarily impractical folly.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has rejected calls to grant the Welsh Senedd powers to hold an independence referendum, asserting that such a decision must involve the Westminster Parliament.
