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Andy Burnham says the government is "working hard to cut the welfare bill", not by making "crude cuts" in the short-term, but by investing in academic and technical opportunities for young people to get into education, employment or training. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We're working hard to cut the welfare bill as soon as we possibly can, but we're doing it in a
00:05way that supports people into work.
00:07If we just went and made crude cuts, in the end, that leaves people in crisis and you spend more
00:12public money somewhere else.
00:14So it's about getting people into sustainable employment of the kind that we're seeing here at Rolls Royce today.
00:20What a fantastic announcement.
00:22£2.5 billion to work with the company over the next decade to break into new aviation markets.
00:28When I talk about re-industrialisation of Britain, this is exactly what I mean behind me.
00:34And I want to see this all over the country with young people coming through from a reformed education system
00:41where it's not only about the university route.
00:43We've got strong technical paths for our young people.
00:46That is the long-term approach to getting the welfare bill down.
00:50And that is what I will do as Prime Minister.

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