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Welfare state and riots
David Blunkett, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has written a pamphlet calling for the introduction of a National Volunteering Programme for young people, aged 16-24. Directly referencing the recent riots and estmiating that only 1 in 10 people dealt with by the courts were in employment
Sure that is going to help the unemployment situation, get people to do what should be properly paid jobs for a ‘stipend’... genius
[ Edited: 31 Aug 2011 at 05:10 pm by Ryan Bradshaw ]