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Jun/090
Unemployed Made to Work for Benefits?
Unemployed people will be forced to work for their benefits, as part of welfare reforms unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell.
He told MPs that from now on, the longer people claimed, the more the state would expect in return.
The Welfare Green Paper includes plans to scrap Incapacity Benefit and make those jobless for more than two years work full-time in the community.
The Tories back the plans, saying many of the ideas were theirs first.
This shake-up will apply to all 4.5 million people on out-of-work benefits, but is expected to impact most on those on Jobseekers Allowance.
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