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A white paper outlined measures to counter economic inactivity (which had risen by September to 41.2 per cent among those aged 16 to 24): everyone aged 18 to 21 would be offered an apprenticeship, training, education or help to find a job; Jobcentres would be rebranded as the National Jobs and Careers Service. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: ‘What I haven’t heard are many alternatives’ to the tax rises imposed by October’s Budget; she was speaking to the Confederation of British Industry. A petition on the parliament website, accusing Labour of breaking promises and calling for a general election, gathered more than 2.7 million signatures; ‘There will be plenty of people who didn’t want us in the first place,’ commented Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister.
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The government said it would fulfil its ‘legal obligations’ over an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court if Benjamin Netanyahu were to visit Britain; the court also issued warrants against Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, who Israel said was killed in an air strike on Gaza in July.
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