£1.91/h or $2.95/h for you Americans, is damn near slave labour. That's not even half the UK minimum wage. When I was 18 and on Job Seekers (around 4 years ago), the travel costs to my "local" job centre took up a non-insignificant portion of that (IIRC somewhere between £5-8/week, which is a lot of money when you have almost literally none). To then have to travel to something else out of that money?
I actually think it's a good idea to get some work experience for young people through this programme, but they definitely need a higher subsidy than £1.91/h for it. You can literally make more per hour sitting on the street and begging.
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£1.91/h or $2.95/h for you Americans, is damn near slave labour. That's not even half the UK minimum wage. When I was 18 and on Job Seekers (around 4 years ago), the travel costs to my "local" job centre took up a non-insignificant portion of that (IIRC somewhere between £5-8/week, which is a lot of money when you have almost literally none). To then have to travel to something else out of that money?
I actually think it's a good idea to get some work experience for young people through this programme, but they definitely need a higher subsidy than £1.91/h for it. You can literally make more per hour sitting on the street and begging.