Second monthly payment on table for 1.4 million DWP claimants under Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham and Lucy Powell are considering a mandatory school absence rule to address the risk of 100,000 persistently absent leavers joining one million NEETs, as warned by Thinktank. Simultaneously, a second monthly payment for 1.4 million DWP claimants is being proposed. The Intergenerational Foundation suggests this change would establish a more fiscally sustainable and predictable uprating framework, aiming to improve financial stability for claimants while tackling educational disengagement across the region.