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09/11/2011
Job Seekers To Work In The Community
Job Seeker’s Allowance claimants who haven’t found a job once they have been through a work programme will do a 26 week placement in the community, according to new proposals.
The plan from Prime Minister David Cameron will mean participants will complete 30 hours of compulsory work a week in order to benefit their communities and develop basic employability skills.
Speaking at a Parliamentary Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said: “Today we are announcing that if you go through the work programme but still don’t find work, then we are actually going to be asking people to go through a community work programme where they work 30 hours a week for 26 weeks to contribute to their community.
“That will help many people to get back in touch with the world of work. The idea of having a job, the skills that you need that will give them further help in order to get back into work.”
The Government will test compulsory community work, coupled with more intensive support through Jobcentre Plus in four key areas, ahead of a nationwide roll out in 2013.
The Government said the announcement is part of a Government commitment to ensure unemployed people, and those that have been receiving benefits for long periods of time, are given "effective support to help find sustainable employment".
Mr Cameron also defended plans to increase the amount of benefit that can be withdrawn from a claimant if they break the law and are fined. The government has announced it intends to increase the maximum benefit withdrawal from £5 a week to £25 from 2013, the point at which universal credit is introduced.
He said "otherwise the man in work is forced to pay a fine whilst the person next door who is living on benefits gets off much more lightly".
(DW/GK)
The plan from Prime Minister David Cameron will mean participants will complete 30 hours of compulsory work a week in order to benefit their communities and develop basic employability skills.
Speaking at a Parliamentary Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said: “Today we are announcing that if you go through the work programme but still don’t find work, then we are actually going to be asking people to go through a community work programme where they work 30 hours a week for 26 weeks to contribute to their community.
“That will help many people to get back in touch with the world of work. The idea of having a job, the skills that you need that will give them further help in order to get back into work.”
The Government will test compulsory community work, coupled with more intensive support through Jobcentre Plus in four key areas, ahead of a nationwide roll out in 2013.
The Government said the announcement is part of a Government commitment to ensure unemployed people, and those that have been receiving benefits for long periods of time, are given "effective support to help find sustainable employment".
Mr Cameron also defended plans to increase the amount of benefit that can be withdrawn from a claimant if they break the law and are fined. The government has announced it intends to increase the maximum benefit withdrawal from £5 a week to £25 from 2013, the point at which universal credit is introduced.
He said "otherwise the man in work is forced to pay a fine whilst the person next door who is living on benefits gets off much more lightly".
(DW/GK)
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