Quote Originally Posted by Pete/London View Post
No, get rid of the coffin dodgers at 65 to make room for the youngsters.

If you tweak benefits a bit to make it the bare minimum and then up rates of pay to a proper living wage the problem will subside. Also make attendance at job centres more frequent.

I don't think a lot of the unemployed are lazy, just crafty, as I reckon most of them are working cash in hand somewhere.
Pete, some of us (I'm 62) will find that term offensive.

I'm all for opportunities for the young. My own son is 20, and needs a future.

However, there SHOULD be opportunities for all, if we can weed out some of the parasites and if our government (well, a succession of them) can get their heads out of their Rses and properly sort out some MEANINGFUL training and recruitment in this country, that will actually produce candidates able to do some productive work geared to current business and commerce.