Young people will have to perform unpaid community service to receive benefits if they are out of work, education, or training if the Conservatives win the upcoming election.
David Cameron announced the policy during a speech in Hove, East Sussex, claiming that it would prevent young people getting “sucked into a life on welfare”. He said:
“That well-worn path – from the school gate, down to the jobcentre, and onto a life on benefits – has got to be rubbed away.”
The prime minister said that about around 50,000 18 to 21-year-olds would be required to do 30 hours per week of mandatory community work from the start of their benefits claim, alongside 10 hours of job searching.
Cameron did not specify the type of community work expected from young people, but it could involve working for local charities or helping care for the elderly.
The policy is one of a number planned by the Tories that target young people, including plans to slash the benefits cap for those under 21 and striping them of housing benefit completely.
In contrast to the Tory plans, Labour has vowed to guarantee young unemployed people a paying job, as well as pledging to create more than 80,000 apprenticeships for school leavers.
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“Cameron: Young people should work for benefits”. Mr. Cameron taking an example of “Nazi Germany Bread and Work” policy in preference to a “Bent Bankers go to prison” policy.