David Cameron suggests cutting benefits for under 25

British Prime Minister David Cameron has suggested benefits paid to people under the age of 25 could be cut in an effort to reduce long-term worklessness. He promised to "nag and push and guide" young people away from a life on the dole, the BBC quoted him as saying in his speech to the Conservative conference. Cameron promised to create a "land of opportunity" by boosting business and reducing reliance on benefits. He also vowed to improve the education system and told party activists that there was still much work to do to fix the economic "mess" left by Labour. The latest figures from the Department of Work and Pensions showed 1.09 million people between the ages of 16 and 24 were not in work, education or training. The problem has proved stubbornly hard to tackle across Europe, with rates of youth unemployment soaring above 50% in Spain.