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Introduce a modern "National Service" for all young people

Submitted on Friday 12th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Introduce a modern "National Service" for all young people

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The Government should introduce a modern "National Service" for all young people, similar to the system in some European countries, including a short period of basic, but disciplined, military training, and a period of community service or voluntary work.

Approved training schemes, industrial placements or apprenticeships could be alingned as exit paths, with vocational training, and additional literacy/numeracy education for those in most need to get on the employment ladder.

The programme could include community clean-ups, basic maintenance of local amenities, and other public service activities that are under-resourced or otherwise not cost-efffective to out-source.

The effectiveness of the scheme should be audited against the savings in long term benefit payments, and the improvements in local amenities.


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