National living wage for young people

I was left outraged by Government minister Matthew Hancock’s comments that young people do not deserve to be paid a national living wage. As a 24-year-old who spends his working week coaching unemployed young people back into employment or education, I was left disheartened at Hancock’s remarks that branded workers under the age of 25 not ‘productive’ enough to warrant the living wage proposed by Chancellor George Osborne.