The Conservatives have set out their plans to get Britain’s unemployed youth into work.
Under the proposals, anyone under 21 out of work for three months would be sent on “an intense programme of work-related activity” such as breaking rocks, perhaps, or sewing mailbags. If they were still on the dole twelve months later, they would be moved to a one-year community work programme - possibly building motorways or a luxurious mountaintop retreat for David Cameron.
“Thank you, Cameron,” said one young jobseeker in Cornwall, facing the worst job prospects in England. “If I mugged someone, I’d get 28 days community service - but if I don’t find a non-existent job in this poverty-stricken job vacuum, I’ll get twelve months. Perhaps that’s why everyone down here votes Lib Dem.”
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