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Labour's Ed Miliband warns of 'jilted generation' Labour's Ed Miliband warns of 'jilted generation'
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David Cameron's claim to be helping young people is being "blown apart" by the coalition's policies, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say. David Cameron's claim to be helping young people is being "blown apart" by the coalition's policies, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.
He will criticise the decisions to raise tuition fees and argue too little help is on offer for first-time buyers. He criticised the raising of tuition fees and argued that too little help was on offer for first-time buyers.
Mr Miliband will warn that the government is in danger of creating a "jilted generation". Mr Miliband warned that government inaction was in danger of creating a "jilted generation".
The government has promised to tackle the "scandal" of youth unemployment, with £60m to boost apprenticeships.The government has promised to tackle the "scandal" of youth unemployment, with £60m to boost apprenticeships.
In a speech at the Royal Festival Hall in London, Mr Miliband, who is due to marry his partner in four days' time, will say the future prospects of his two sons and their contemporaries is a worry. In a speech at the Royal Festival Hall in London, Mr Miliband, who is due to marry his partner in four days' time, said the future prospects of his two sons and their contemporaries were a concern.
He will tell an audience at the Royal Festival Hall: "For us, our boys, Daniel and Sam, will be the most important people at our wedding and I'd like to speak today, not just about them, but about the prospect of their whole generation. He told an audience at the Royal Festival Hall: "For us, our boys, Daniel and Sam, will be the most important people at our wedding and I'd like to speak today, not just about them, but about the prospect of their whole generation.
"I am worried - and every parent should be worried - about what will happen to our children in the coming decades. About what the future holds for us, our children and our country. About what sort of place Britain will become.""I am worried - and every parent should be worried - about what will happen to our children in the coming decades. About what the future holds for us, our children and our country. About what sort of place Britain will become."
'Burden''Burden'
Mr Miliband will say: "It's not enough just to deal with the deficit. Our country will be stronger only if we act to restore the promise of Britain for the next and future generations." Mr Miliband said: "It's not enough just to deal with the deficit. Our country will be stronger only if we act to restore the promise of Britain for the next and future generations."
He will argue that the "Jam generation" of politicians - like Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne who grew up listening to the band The Jam in the 1980s and now dominate government - is in danger of creating the "jilted generation". He argued that the "Jam generation" of politicians - like Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne who grew up listening to the band The Jam in the 1980s and now dominate government - was in danger of creating the "jilted generation".
Mr Miliband is also expected to say: "His [Mr Cameron's] claim to be protecting the next generation by making this his only priority is blown apart because they are bearing so much of the burden for his decisions: from cuts to sure start to the end of educational maintenance allowances to the trebling of tuition fees." Mr Miliband also said: "His [Mr Cameron's] claim to be protecting the next generation by making this his only priority is blown apart because they are bearing so much of the burden for his decisions: from cuts to sure start to the end of educational maintenance allowances to the trebling of tuition fees."
He will discuss the financial situation in which young people find themselves, adding: "The average age of first time buyers was 30 in the mid-1980s. Today, it stands at 37. Our generation of politicians must act soon or people will be waiting until their forties before they buy their first home." He discussed the financial situation for young people, adding: "The average age of first time buyers was 30 in the mid-1980s. Today, it stands at 37. Our generation of politicians must act soon or people will be waiting until their forties before they buy their first home."
Ahead of his speech, Mr Miliband told BBC Breakfast: "We have got one in five young people out of work at the moment in this country. We shouldn't be standing by and letting that happen because that is not just bad for them, that is bad for our country as well. Mr Miliband told BBC Breakfast: "We have got one in five young people out of work at the moment in this country. We shouldn't be standing by and letting that happen because that is not just bad for them, that is bad for our country as well.
"That is why we said let's have a bonus tax on the banks and use that money to put young people back to work. Let's also use some of that money to start building houses again because that is a massive challenge facing this country.""That is why we said let's have a bonus tax on the banks and use that money to put young people back to work. Let's also use some of that money to start building houses again because that is a massive challenge facing this country."
He added: "I am not pessimistic about Britain; I am optimistic, but it needs the focus of government. I'm afraid I don't think the government has that focus on this issue."He added: "I am not pessimistic about Britain; I am optimistic, but it needs the focus of government. I'm afraid I don't think the government has that focus on this issue."
Earlier this month the government announced a plan to "reverse the trend of rising youth unemployment".Earlier this month the government announced a plan to "reverse the trend of rising youth unemployment".
It promised a £60m package to create apprenticeships and work placements in private firms.It promised a £60m package to create apprenticeships and work placements in private firms.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said this would "address the scandal of the highest level of youth unemployment the UK has seen in modern times".Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said this would "address the scandal of the highest level of youth unemployment the UK has seen in modern times".