在有迹象显示工党可能削减向部分16至24岁年轻人发放的福利金之际，帕特·麦克法登敦促工党议员支持全面改革福利制度。
就业与养老金大臣表示，工党议员在道德上有责任接受对福利体系的重大改革，以帮助更多年轻人就业。
Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs to back overhauls, amid signs party looking to cut payments for some 16- to 24-year-olds Labour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said.
帕特·麦克法登表示，鉴于他正寻求全面改革福利国家，现在是工党对该体系进行“更新”的时候了；该体系最初由克莱门特·艾德礼政府建立，后来新工党又赋予其一套“新政”安排。
In a sign he is looking to overhaul the welfare state, Pat McFadden said it was time for Labour to “renew” the system first created by the Clement Attlee government and given a new deal by New Labour.