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"You may have caught an analysis recently on cuts to youth benefits from BBC politics editor Nick Robinson. An analysis I was already pondering on, given the Labour 's much heralded policy to cut benefits to the under-21s, following hard on the heels of the Tories vowing to cut housing benefit to the under-25s. Why are young people becoming such a target for the political parties? Could it be that they just don't vote? I heard from a youth organisation that their young people had been told by a senior minister that this was the reason their needs were largely ignored. This spurred on the young people to get their peers registered to vote, engaged and voting. It's an uphill struggle and a reminder to us all of the importance of connecting young people with the decisions that affect their lives." Linda Jack on young people and benefit cuts