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PM defends work schemes
David Cameron has defended unpaid Government work experience schemes at firms such as Tesco.
The supermarket giant has announced it will start paying all benefits claimants working on an unpaid Government work experience. High street chains including Argos, Superdrug and Pizza Hut are reviewing their involvement in the scheme in the wake of criticism, with some campaigners calling it "slave labour".
At Prime Minister's Questions today, the Prime Minister said: "Let's be clear, this is not a compulsory scheme, it is a scheme that young people ask to go on and the findings are that around half of them are actually getting work at the end of these schemes. Now that is a far better outcome than the Future Jobs Fund at about a twentieth of the cost.
"So, I think we should encourage companies and encourage young people to expand work experience, because it gives people the chance of seeing work and all that it involves and gives them a better chance to get a job."
The supermarket giant has announced it will start paying all benefits claimants working on an unpaid Government work experience. High street chains including Argos, Superdrug and Pizza Hut are reviewing their involvement in the scheme in the wake of criticism, with some campaigners calling it "slave labour".
At Prime Minister's Questions today, the Prime Minister said: "Let's be clear, this is not a compulsory scheme, it is a scheme that young people ask to go on and the findings are that around half of them are actually getting work at the end of these schemes. Now that is a far better outcome than the Future Jobs Fund at about a twentieth of the cost.
"So, I think we should encourage companies and encourage young people to expand work experience, because it gives people the chance of seeing work and all that it involves and gives them a better chance to get a job."
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