Whoever ends up being PM cannot afford to leave broken welfare system any longer… hard choices must be made – and fast

Generation axe LABOUR grandee Alan Milburn describes the throwing of nearly a million kids on the jobs scrapheap as a “catastrophe”. It is bad enough that Rachel Reeves’ punishing tax hikes on business — especially hospitality and retail — have killed off thousands of entry-level jobs. But the complete failure by Labour to reform welfare...