The government wants to toughen the conditions of compensation for the 900 000 unemployed people, whereas the country is experiencing important labour shortages and is calling upon hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers. (Ref. 061284)
The Minister for Work and Pensions, John Hutton, has stirred a controversy by announcing his intention to toughen the conditions for obtaining the job seeker’s allowance. He is questioning the motivation to work of the 900 000 British job-seekers, given the fact that 600 000 immigrant workers from Eastern Europe have easily managed to get hired, over two years. According to him, jobs exist, but certain people, especially among the long-term unemployed, “manage to bypass this” and benefit from a
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