The Queen’s Speech For Young People

1st June, 2010 by Webmaster

“The first priority is to reduce the deficit and restore economic growth.”

The Queen

This is stated as the first priority and I wholly agree. Without a deficit reduction plan and with no economic growth, the prospects for young people will be exceptionally grim. However the spending cuts announced by the government are worrying for 16-25 year olds. Harriet Harman said in the debate that cutting 10,000 university places is not cutting waste, yet this make the competition for university places more competitive and inevitably will lead to more people missing out. The axing of the Future Jobs Fund is also worrying because it now makes it even harder to find a job. Graduates and those who are long-term unemployed will be squeezed even harder.

“The tax and benefits system will be made fairer and simpler.”

This will greatly benefit 16-25 year olds, especially when the tax income threshold will be raised, enabling them to take more money home. Making the tax system simpler will also benefit everyone; reducing the complicated tax thresholds make it easier to know how much tax you will have to pay. The long-term aim of the government is to increase the tax threshold to