After last week's news that the Conservatives are going to redefine what it means to be poor, you might've thought that they would be thinking quite a bit about poverty and finding ways to reduce it.
Or not.
George made a commitment to introducing the Living Wage: £9 per hour by 2020. But there's a few points here:
- it's not compulsory, they haven't made it a legal requirement, so it might not happen;
- it could lead to job losses because if employers only have a certain amount of money to spend on wages, when the wages go up, they will save money by getting rid of staff;
- none of this applies to people under 25.
The other big news is that child benefit will now be limited to the first two children. So anyone who's ever heard me talk about having children to make money. Don't do it: it's not a good career move.
We asked our youth correspondent for an opinion
Local news
Young people have been offered a chance to develop life
skills during the National Citizen Service summer scheme.
It’s now running
across West Cumbria, with three week initiatives. Places are still
available for young people to join beginning on July 27. Aimed at 15-17 year
old the national citizen service is an opportunity for young people to build
life skills and have fun. It does cost: £50 for the three weeks with residential
but it sounds like a lot of fun.
The first week is well worth attending, if only to hear outside speakers come in to share their knowledge on a range of topics, from sexual health to citizenship (the citizenship talk is awesome...)
I also hope everyone had lots of fun at the
And finally
A word of warning, always think through a plan:
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