To wonder why you get less job seekers allowance if you're under 25?

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I really don't get it.

Things do not cost less if you are under 25. Food, clothes, transport costs, etc are not cheaper just because you are under 25. They cost the same for everyone so what's the reasoning behind paying them less?

The only thing I can think of is that under 25's are maybe more likely to be living at home than over 25's...except that doesn't always work because I know plenty of people younger than that who don't live at home and people older than that who do. Yet the over 25 would still get more JSA purely on the basis of their age.

AIBU?

*someone

Ilovenewts Any age they choose is slightly arbitrary, but in general, I think it's fair enough for younger people to share accommodation if they can't afford to live alone, whereas I think most people would consider it reasonable for older people to have more privacy

I'm not so sure about that. It seems totally unfair - why should someone get more just because they are older ?

In this case (in regard to HB it's now 30 before you can claim the full amount) a 23 year old could have been working and paying tax 7 years. It just doesn't feel fair

I think most people would consider it reasonable for older people to have more privacy

Lol. Age doesn't entitle you to more privacy, that's a very odd thing to say.

Because there's absolutely no reason an able bodied under 25 shouldn't have a job.
An older person often has more responsibilities, or more experience and is looking for a job at their level, and can't take a job at mcds.

Also this. I agree with others about how ridiculous this is. Can't take a job at McD's?

In my previous job, I was more skilled and qualified than every single one of my managers. I kid you not. I was 24, had a degree, trilingual and tons of experience working in many different sectors both in the UK and abroad. Would it have been fair for me to have to take a job in McDonald's (which I would have done if I could get nothing else), and for someone else who is say, in their 30s or above, to get a "better" job because they're older?

I don't think it's necessarily easier for a younger person to get a job. If you have a degree and a couple of years of professional experience, then find yourself made redundant, it's pretty difficult to get a minimum wage job in a bar, shop, admin etc. You could probably do the job with your eyes shut but they won't even consider you because you don't have recent experience/are overqualified/they think it will be pointless training you because you will just up and leave as soon as you get a job in your field. And then someone who is 4 or 5 years older than you has 4 or 5 years more experience, so is more likely to get that job in your field that you are applying for.

No, I don't get it either.

I'm 43, & can't see why this makes me less able to work in MaccyDs or live in a shared house than someone 20 years my junior, should the shit ever hit the fan to the extent that I'd need to do either.

Agree that it's largely about infantilising/disenfranchising a demographic who don't tend to vote for the current incumbents.

It's ageist IMO

And pensioners shouldn't be getting more in a pension for not working than someone on JSA either - that's also ageist

Adults should all get the same when out of work