Young people in Rotherham are used to being on the wrong side of national statistics. In September, the IPPR’s local Youth Opportunity Index named the town as having the fewest suitable entry-level jobs for young people anywhere in Britain - 46 vacancies for every 1,000 young adults, compared with 288 in the Cotswolds. In today's @DailyMirror

Next week, Paul Benstead will travel from his home in north-east England to Downing Street, where he will meet the Prime Minister. 90 years ago, Paul’s great-grandad Charles, walked three weeks and 290 miles from Jarrow for the same privilege. But when the exhausted dockworker reached London on October 26 1936, alongside 200 weary men and their inspirational Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, the Tory Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was “too busy” to meet with them.

Paul who cares for his adult son Keith – who has autism, epilepsy & is non-verbal – in respite care, will travel to London. "I love being a carer, but being an unpaid carer can be a nightmare. I have had to go without food. When I was a child my parents had the electric cut off during winter, so I’ll do anything that puts the bills & my family first."