Think-tank's social policy proposal

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A youth allowance for 18 to 21-year-olds and a higher rate of Jobseekers' Allowance for those with a record of employment are among the key proposals of a wide-ranging report on social policy unveiled by the centre-left Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank.

The IPPR Condition of Britain report is understood to have informed Ed Miliband's thinking as the Labour leader drew up his plans for reform of welfare.