David Cameron suggests cutting benefits for under-25s

[Jazzy]

David Cameron has suggested benefits paid to people under the age of 25 could be cut in an effort to reduce long-term worklessness.

In his speech to the Conservative conference, the prime minister promised to "nag and push and guide" young people away from a life on the dole.

It was later confirmed that the government is reviewing policies for 16 to 25-year-olds.

But Labour accused the Conservatives of a "desperate" lack of ideas.

In his speech, Mr Cameron promised to create a "land of opportunity" by boosting business and reducing reliance on benefits.

He also vowed to improve the education system and told party activists that there still much work to do to fix the economic "mess" left by Labour.

The latest figures from the Department of Work and Pensions showed 1.09 million people between the ages of 16 and 24 were not in work, education or training.

Mr Cameron argued that action was needed in the UK, saying: "There are still over a million young people not in education, employment, or training.

"Today it is still possible to leave school, sign on, find a flat, start claiming housing benefit and opt for a life on benefits. It's time for bold action here."

He promised the Conservatives would consider, as they write their manifesto for the 2015 general election, whether "that option should really exist at all".

A Conservative source has told the BBC the manifesto will definitely contain a commitment to end the automatic entitlement to housing benefit for the under-25s, as suggested previously by Mr Cameron.

In his speech, the prime minister criticised reliance on benefits, saying: "Instead we should give young people a clear, positive choice: Go to school. Go to college. Do an apprenticeship. Get a job.

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What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Sinon]

Yeah lets punish the people suffering even more.

 

[Jazzy]

In his speech, the prime minister criticised reliance on benefits, saying: "Instead we should give young people a clear, positive choice: Do an apprenticeship. Get a job.

What a jackass. If there were 1.09 million jobs and apprenticeships available, the under 25s wouldn't need benefits. Perhaps he ought to pull his head out of his butt and start creating more jobs and apprenticeships!

 

[Sinon]

In his speech, the prime minister criticised reliance on benefits, saying: "Instead we should give young people a clear, positive choice: Do an apprenticeship. Get a job.

What a jackass. If there were 1.09 million jobs and apprenticeships available, the under 25s wouldn't need benefits. Perhaps he ought to pull his head out of his butt and start creating more jobs and apprenticeships!

The problem, especially with apprenticeships, is that they're just not worth doing. I'm 24, and was told to apply for an apprenticeship in the next city over from me. It was a 40-hour work week, plus a day in college. The wage was £106 (approx. $172)

When I was working my previous job, I earned ~£130 (approx. $210) for 20 hours.

Fuck apprenticeships.

Additionally, their earlier plan of making people on benefits do unpaid work (which apparently was 30 hours per week) is stupid. If you can just pull those jobs out of your ass, how about you make them paid jobs and that way, people on benefits will no longer be on benefits, because holy shit. THEY'D HAVE JOBS!

 

[Jazzy]

The problem, especially with apprenticeships, is that they're just not worth doing. I'm 24, and was told to apply for an apprenticeship in the next city over from me. It was a 40-hour work week, plus a day in college. The wage was £106 (approx. $172)

That's shameful and amounts to nothing more than child labor. I'd refuse to do it too!

 

[The Dragon Master]

He was the politician I found the least irritating out of the 4, but this pisses me off. How about he try and help us get a job? Rather than cutting benefits, maybe invest more money on helping us get a job?

 

[Crusader]

All the parties have idiots for leaders.

 

[Evil Eye]

maybe invest more money on helping us get a job?

But that'd be economically sound. Wouldn't want that now.

All the parties have idiots for leaders.

Time to start your own!