Teenagers should be encouraged to take on Saturday jobs to prepare them for their working lives, the work and pensions secretary has said. Esther McVey insisted she did not believe youngsters were “lazy” but warned there had been a fall of up to 60% in the numbers with weekend jobs. But she suggested the government also remains concerned about intergenerational fairness and said changes to the retirement age is something ministers will “always have to talk about” because people are living longer. Read more Sketch: McVey doesn’t think she’s too good for the DWP, and it shows Esther McVey appointment as DWP Secretary ‘hugely worrying’, warn MPs Four statements Esther McVey has made about benefit claimants Ms McVey said she worked in her family’s business and a bistro when she was still in education. She said some of the drop in numbers of young people doing the same may be down to an increased focus on school work but it means they do not always have the “soft skills” needed for employment. Ms McVey told The Daily Telegraph: “Lets not put ourselves down, we’ve got a very hard working nation, we’ve now got record numbers of people in employment and… Read full this story
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