Pat McFadden speaking on Sunday with Laura KuenssbergImage source, Jeff Overs/BBC/Press Association
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The work and pensions secretary has backed the idea that the government should legally guarantee young people help to get into employment.

Pat McFadden told the BBC that job support should be given a "legislative underpinning", adding the level of assistance on offer was currently "vague".

It comes ahead of a long-awaited review - set to be published on Tuesday - by former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn, which will say that under-25s should be guaranteed job placements or training to help them find permanent work.