LBC caller: The 'absurd' reason Jobcentre turned my son away

and I put him in the car and we drove down to the local job center thinking, well, back in my day, you could walk in there and all over the walls was cards with jobs and you could find something.We met by a person behind the desk who said, have you been to the job center before?No, we haven't been to the job center before.Are you on some benefits?No, he's not on benefits and has no intention of trying to claim any benefits.Then I can't talk to you, she said.

I'm not able to give you any advice or talk to you about any form of employment or apprenticeships if you're not claiming benefits.I was stunned.

What?

Yes.

Not really.In order to receive advice from a job centre about getting a job, your 19 -year -old was told he had to be on benefits?

He had to be on benefits.He doesn't want to be on benefits.He doesn't need to be on benefits because he's still living at home.

This is an aberration, this.

This is...It's absurd.All this rubbish you get all the time on the press and in the news from the government about how they're doing this and how they're doing that.They're doing absolutely nothing other than making it incredibly difficult for the young to even consider getting employed.