It is part of a plan to get people back to work, with more investment in career support also promised.
  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Benefit claimants who fail to find work for more than 18 months will have to undertake work experience placements,

    18 months! 😶

    • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Very few people are unemployed for that long. This will primarily punish people who have been put on JSA when they should be on ESA because they’re too sick to work. Many because the NHS waiting lists have been allowed to explode.

      Pure cruelty. Which is the point, of course.