There are entire families in the UK that have nobody working. The children of parents who have never worked in the last twenty or thirty years do not have a work ethic. They are often referred to in the media as "The Lost Generation".

The current welfare system is not entirely encouraging for people to enter at the bottom of the work force.
If you are to take a job you lose all the other benefits as well as the dole within 4 weeks of starting work. You are entitled Help with housing costs (1) for four weeks, whilst the other benefits that last longer are not applicable to most teenagers as they relate to children & disability.

This can mean that in real terms you are actually earning less money by working rather than claiming the dole. I would like to see a change brought in where those on a low income to still gain some of the benefits whilst they stay under an income threshold, mainly free public transport.