Should the ‘Get to Work Allowance’ replace Universal Credit for 18 to 24 year olds?
Almost one million 16-24 year olds in the UK are NEET. The Conservatives propose that 18-24 year olds without six months of continuous prior work receive a Get to Work Allowance instead of standard Universal Credit. This requires daily attendance at a job centre, work experience or readiness courses for up to six months, with a 30% benefit cut for those still unemployed at the end. Exemptions cover those with prior work, health conditions or caring responsibilities.
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We need to incentivize young people to work.
"Get to work allowance." How about adding it to the UC? There's no mention of those living in rural areas, where it could take time to get to a bus stop, followed by a journey that could last an hour or so. That's a whole day gone, wasted. I was under the impression that you went to the nearest library, (if there is one), then went online to see what the job centre had to offer. That is if you have a library. Is it being stopped?
It sounds like Job Seekers Allowance on steroids, but it's worth a 12-month trial.
No, another costly schema not changing anything but bank account of companies organizing the courses. As long as there will be almost unlimited access to cheap labour from abroad, often overtrained and well experienced - entry level jobs will be inaccessible for youngsters without connections.
This is unnecessary punishment for the already beleaguered British youth, and probably won't accommodate enormous regional disparities putting pressure on young working and unemployed life. The DWP is not designed to teach skills or support routes to employment other than giving some decent support for how to join the civil service, being civil servants themselves. We need a massive expansion of modern and graduate apprenticeships and focused university matriculation the most