For every £1 spent by the DWP on employment support for young people, around £25 is spent paying them benefits. A rebalancing from passive to active support is on the cards. What could that look like? What questions does it raise? I went to Sunderland to find out: observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Active support or tough love? Whatever you call it, it co...A Sunderland community centre shows how mentoring helps young people find work – and why cash benefits are less effective in the long term than tough love and job placementsobserver.co.uk