Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately has hit out at the government's flagship plan to get more young people into employment. Speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, she said: "What we've seen today announced by the government is funding the best part of £1 billion on work placements and government created jobs for young people. That sounds all very well. "But the fact is, and that's the absurdity of it is, just two weeks ago, we had a budget from the chancellor, which is expected to destroy 200,000 jobs. "So the problem we have here is a government whose policies are destroying jobs, destroying opportunities for young people, now saying they're going to spend taxpayers' money on creating work placements. It's just simply the wrong answer." Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-budget-taxes-reeves-starmer-labour-badenoch-farage-12593360 #youngpeople #apprenticeships #training #work #benefits SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales