SEVENTEEN-year-old would-be army medic Chelsea Boyle has written to David Cameron telling him to do more to help boost deprived towns and find young people jobs.

The Higher Croft teenager tells the Prime Minister: “There are just no jobs available in Black-burn and I feel that the Govern-ment should try harder to support less economically developed towns.”

She decided to write to 10 Downing Street after attending a meeting with Blackburn with Darwen council leader and other civic bosses under the borough’s ‘Your Agenda’ initiative to discuss political issues with local young people.

Chelsea said: “I’ve never done anything like this before but I felt strongly that something should be done to help young people find jobs so I wrote to the Prime Minister. I’m studying at Blackburn College and working part time at Burger King. I want to go to university and become an army medic if I can.”

She told Mr Cameron that it took her almost two years and 50 CVs after leaving school before she got her part-time job at Burger King.

Her letter to the Prime Minister said: “There are many young people in the same situation as me with no job at the moment. They get bored and this leads to anti-social behaviour.

“I was talking to my friends about what could be done to make things better and a few of them think that you should help firms to give work experience to young people.

“People are moaning about how society has gone downhill. Why?

“There isn’t anything for young people to keep them off the streets.

“Secondly, the job centres are ineffective.

“My friend is looking for a full-time job but there is nothing in our area which he can make into a long-term career.

“In our eyes, they should try harder to help people find jobs and there will be less need for higher taxes and unemployment will fall.”

A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “The Prime Minister or the appropriate departmental min-ister will reply to Chelsea’s letter in due course.”