Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor

"The best thing we can offer a young person is not a benefit payment - it's a first job with training and a wage."

— John Healey , Politician

"It is not progressive to allow a bigger and bigger benefits bill, and a system which offers an income but doesn't offer a future."

— John Healey , Politician

"Labour MPs will never support cutting the out-of-control welfare bill and with Labour, it's always more taxes if you work and more benefits if you don't."

— Andrew Griffith , Politician

"Sticking to fiscal rules alone would not be enough to reduce debt because it is basically a promise to get down debt tomorrow."

— Helen Miller , Academic