Starting in April, the 200,000 long-term jobseekers in Britain will have to mobilize to keep receiving their unemployment benefits, notably by doing community service. This measure, announced on Monday, September 30 by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, is a first and is in line with David Cameron’s welfare reform policy. (Ref. 130375)
Ending the “something for nothing” culture, that’s the goal of the conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, who revealed on September 30, during his party’s annual conference, more severe conditions for long-term jobseekers who haven’t had a job for at least three years. Starting in April 2014 – the start of the new budget –, to keep on receiving their allowance, the 200,000 jobseekers concerned will, for the first time, have to work in return. Some will have to work 30...
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