Long-term jobless 'could face compulsory manual labour'

People who are long term unemployed could be forced to do community work, like gardening or litter cleaning.  Work and Pension secretary Iain Duncun will outline plans for four week placements.  He said:  ‘One thing we can do is pull people in to do one or two weeks’ manual work – turn up at 9 am and leave at 5 PM, to give people a sense of work, but also when we think they’re doing other work’.  

The UK has one of the highest rates of workless households in Europe, with 5 million people on out-of-work benefits and 1,9 million children living in homes where no-one has a job.

Everyone who refused to take part of this plans or failing to turn up on time to work could have their jobseekers allowance stopped for at least three months.  

I think the purpose of this plan is good.  This plan are intended to support to that people back into the habit of getting up and going out to work.  I think it is of a great value to get people back into the work routine on their daily life.  In Holland you must also do some kind of community work it is called ‘Maatschappelijke activering’.  I think you must work for your money because the government pays you.  


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