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About time Quote: Under plans laid out in the Green Paper, claimants will have to carry out four weeks' community work once they have been unemployed for more than a year. After two years, they will be ordered to work full-time in the community. BBC NEWS | Politics | Benefit shake-up 'revolutionary'...

agreed

The looks great (on paper...) - lets hope they actually put it into practice, and don't let the PC police get in the way.

My only problem with it, is tha ti tdepicts *all* those on benefits as workshy layabouts that should be made to work. I also think the timing is a bit off when many companies are starting to lay people off givne the impending recession, meaning it's goign to be hard ot get work for lots of people. I also think the abolition of incapacity benefit is a bit off. And the idea that those...

Quote: Originally Posted by PeteBrant My only problem with it, is tha ti tdepicts *all* those on benefits as workshy layabouts that should be made to work. I also think the timing is a bit off when many companies are starting to lay people off givne the impending recession, meaning it's goign to be hard ot get work for lots of ...

it will never work, the scabs won't want to do the work (against human rights in'it) and the goverment wont be able to do anything about it. Great idea (although people having been saying it for years) but all the lay abouts will get doctors notes saying they cant touch rubbish, cant bend over to pick rubbish up etc etc blah blah blah

Maximum years of dole payable should be limited to 5 through a person's work life after at least 2 years of contribution through taxes. Incapacity benefit should be paid to those who undergo regular examination of independent doctor. I'd also fingerprint all people claiming incapacity benefit/dole. The considerable savings made by this would be ploughed back into lowering further claimants....

Interesting that this morning, Work and Pensions secretary James Purnell, on being asked about childcare for those having to go to work and having young children, started talking about how "we've already arranged for children to stay in schools.........". To which my wife, a serving headteacher, whose primary school is up to date with EVERY initiative that could benefit the community, the ...

Words. Headline grabbing words. Stealing the Tories clothes again. They won't do anything. That's their core vote they're talking about.

Quote: Originally Posted by unclebuck Words. Headline grabbing words. Stealing the Tories clothes again. They won't do anything. That's their core vote they're talking about. Couldn't agree more. They have Cameron over a barrel: keep harping on about the Tories having no policies, then nick whatever ...