This is just new slave labour, except one had to provide both sustenance and rudimentary housing. in this case all the funds will most probably be spent on public transportation just to get to "work"

I call it evil, because the policy is not misguided or even dogmatic. Youth unemployment in Europe is staggering. If it wasn't for the desperation of young people it would be even higher. There is growing prevalence of "trash contracts". No health insurance. No retirement fund. no liability to employer. no protection. look up zero hour contracts. The problem isn't with young people. And then Camoron goes out and basically says: "fuck you". If they got them actual work for minimum wage, I'd call it a bad idea [0]. This is not even wrapped in convincing bs. It's just a shameless exploitation of people actually trying to get out of unemployment. A policy designed to skew the numbers simply by making people not bother registering as unemployed. It's just abandoning nontrivial portion of society. Evil.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workfare_in_the_United_Kingdo...