Mr Cameron insisted in his speech that these individuals should not be allowed to claim benefits for housing or unemployment because they should be going to school, training for a job, or getting a job. Cameron told colleagues at the conference that it is the state's responsibility not to coddle the young people in the country but to push them to succeed. 

According to recent statistics there are more than one million young people in the United Kingdom who currently fall into the category known in government as NEET. Not in education, employment, or training. Reports indicate that these individuals who do not pursue an education or who have little work experience and do nothing to obtain work experience over a long period of time have a much more difficult time earning a living in the future. This in turn, has a significant impact on the economy. 

However, critics of Mr Cameron's recent speech indicate that cutting benefits to the young who have no education and no training will not solve the problem. Housing benefits are meant to assist those in need who have no other home to go to. Taking away all types of benefits from the young won't actually solve the housing crisis since these individuals will still exist. Critics suggest, however, that the problem is more that the current system fails to provide the correct benefits, or to help those young people who are unemployed seek training, education, or work. 

The current system places individuals in classes by its own merits and then traps them in the course they've selected. According to critics of Mr Cameron, those young people who do not attend university who claim the JSA benefit are no longer allowed to continue pursuing education, even if their qualifications for employment are low, keeping them in a lower income class for perhaps the rest of their lives. The training options available to these individuals do not prepare them for further work at higher levels. Those who file claims for ESA or Income Support may not be able to get a job at all since training, apprenticeships, and other opportunities in this area frequently go to workers who are older and have greater skill sets. 

Proponents of a restructuring of the benefits scheme suggest creating a track for employment for the young that keeps them from being forced into a welfare system meant for adults and families. Rather than barring the young from obtaining unemployment benefits, these benefits should be contingent on seeking training or education as a means of eventually moving out of the system. Other countries have already succeeded in this type of system, including Denmark and the Netherlands.