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Roger is right, we need a minimum wage of £10 an hour, and the State could contribute to some of it, directly or indirectly.
Presently, an unemployed person on benefits receives from the State £270 13 times a year, and about the same again for housing benefits: that's over £500 13 times a year.
In London, where rent is higher, housing benefits are also a lot higher, so the figure paid by the State on benefits to the unemployed is astronomical.
This would all be saved by giving work to the unemployed Brits! It would allow for a £10 an hour minimum wage, and, as Roger points out, people would have more money to shop with, thus enhancing the economy.
But this could only work if the law changes, and British jobs go to unemployed Brits, otherwise it's just pointless.