Select committee chair slams government's 'timid' AE review

On Monday, the government released the review, which laid out the details of what it would like to see from AE in the future, and described its successes and failures so far. The review included the government's plans to scrap the AE lower earnings limit and extend the programme to 18 year-olds, although the changes will not take effect until the mid-2020s. The 10 key points from the AE review Field said the plans were a timid move from a government that had previously been "bold" in this area. "AE was a bold leap by the government, which has been hugely successful in getting milli...