Writing the summary…
Burnham pledges ‘big changes’ to the way the welfare system works to tackle Neets crisis – UK politics live

Original reporting
The Guardian: read the full reportRelated stories

PM says youth unemployment is a 'catastrophe and a moral failure'
The UK faces "economic catastrophe" with one million young people not in work or training, the prime minister says.

The real reason it's going to take a while to know who won in some midterm races
Hint: It's not only because California counts slowly.
Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed campaigns in GOP stronghold
Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.
Democratic candidates and Republican Super PACs drive record fundraising this midterm
What the latest campaign finance filings tell us about the state of play in the midterm elections.
How the Republicans and Democrats are spending their money for the midterms
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Daniel Weiner of the Brennan Center for Justice's elections and government program, about the different campaign finance strategies of Republicans and Democrats.
With the midterms approaching, a look at swing state North Carolina
NPR's Steve Inskeep has dinner with opinion writer Frank Bruni, as he shares his insights about the swing state of North Carolina.