It could be a defining moment in how young people's issues are to be tackled for the rest of this decade if, as expected, elements of it find their way into a manifesto and then the programme of government following the general election.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has set five tests on whether the United Kingdom should eventually join the euro. We need something similar by which to judge the green paper when it appears. Here are my five tests.
First, any proposals for "things to do, places to go" should be turned into an explicit set of entitlements for young people: "These are what you can expect everywhere."
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