How much do you people understand 25 get in benefits if they dont work?

[JacknDiane]

If they stay at home.?

Does anyone know?

I know she wouldn't but if she left college for whatever reason without a job or uni then at some point she would be entitled.
My inital reply was in response to someone saying their kid would manage on u/c and i agreed that mine would too.
I'm hoping it's not going to arise.

Youth unemployment is quite high ATM. Personally I think they should allow older people to retire on half pension from 65 if their job could be given to a younger person. They could train them up before they go.

Half pension? That means that those 65 year olds could struggle to meet their costs.
I can’t see that being popular or working.

The government could offer it to 65 year olds. Many take an annuity until their state pension kicks in.

Yep. DM is a pensioner but still works as she would struggle otherwise, plus she prefers to keep working anyway.

There are plenty of people on here who would complain if some young person they didn't know knocked on their door asking for work! (if they even answered it...).

My recently graduated DS is currently working 30-35 hours a week in a pub AND doing 2 days a week volunteering in a relevant field AND doing some GCSE tutoring and trying to set up his own business with a friend. However, the pub work took some finding, and I know plenty of young people struggling to find any work at all at the moment. Depending on where you live, it may not be easy at all.

In the short term but would you still want your kid living at home at 35