The chancellor has warned that a further £25bn of spending cuts will be needed after the next election, including £12bn from the welfare budget. The BBC reports that George Osborne has suggested making savings by cutting housing benefit for under-25s.
Ministers are being encouraged to rethink their plans for helping families with the rising cost of childcare, reports The Independent. Government advisers warn that current plans to subsidise childcare for families with earnings of up to £300,000 benefits wealthier families rather than those on lower incomes.
Children as young as 11 are being used as mules to carry drugs on trains out of London. The Guardian reports that the south-east regional organised crime unit is concerned that criminal gangs are using children as they expand drug markets into towns and countryside surrounding the capital.
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