首相表示需要对童年进行“彻底的根本性审视”，并未排除削减部分福利的可能。政府旨在对青年支持方式实行“相当激进的变革”，安迪·伯纳姆表示，这可能包括更严格的福利规则，以及在找工作、心理健康等方面提供显著更多的帮助。
Prime minister says ‘root and branch review of childhood’ is needed and he does not rule out some benefit cuts The government is aiming for “quite radical change” in the way young people are supported, Andy Burnham has said, indicating this could include tougher rules for benefits as well as notably more help with everything from finding work to mental health.
在前部长艾伦·米尔本发布关于减少未就业、未受教育、未接受培训青年数量的第二份报告之前，伯纳姆在媒体采访中表示，他的使命是从幼儿时期起“重新思考童年”。
In media interviews before the release of the second report by the former minister Alan Milburn on reducing the numbers of young people not in work, education or training, Burnham said his mission was “rethinking childhood” from the early years onwards.