Young people are 'stuck in a rut' and unable 'to do something productive with their lives'

A 'radical' crackdown is needed to reduce the numbers of so- called Neets, similar to a clampdown in Holland that has seen benefits taken away from those aged under 27 who 'get money and sit at home'

As the New Zealand Government is upping the handouts for those with the right genes, others are looking to take effective action to stop the troughing.

Young people not in employment, education or training should be stripped
of benefits to force them into the workplace, a report from MPs
demands.

'Such placements would allow these young people to demonstrate their readiness to work, to acquire skills and to access valuable personal development opportunities - while also giving them the satisfaction of undertaking meaningful work of benefit to their local community,'

'The Government has to ask itself why the proportion of 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or training has remained at around 10 per cent, despite one policy strategy after another.

'It is time to take a more radical approach and to look at the example of the Netherlands.

'There, rates of unemployment are consistently low and young people up to the age of 27 have a more unified support structure.

'We talk too much about just 16 to 18 year olds. I rather like the system the Dutch have, right through to 27.'

He added: 'If you haven't got something to encourage you to get up in the morning and do something constructive you get into bad habits in terms of behaviour.'

Implementing some of these ideas would be a definite step in the right direction, away from the endless handouts so readily available in this country.

And about to get a whole lot worse as the supposed providers multiply like breeding flies at a rotting carcass whilst doing nothing about the real issues.