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Mr Alexander denied the plans were treating the long-term unemployed in the same way as criminals doing community service, telling the BBC's Politics Show the "purpose is emphatically not to punish and it's not to humiliate".
It was intended to "support and encourage" and to get people back into the habit of getting up and going out to work. It also meant those who did it could demonstrate their employability to prospective employers.
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Yeh, you can put it on your CV. "I attended this compulsory 30 day, 30 hour week thing to show that I am employable. I didn't do it because I would starve and not have any heat in my home otherwise. I could have not turned up if I so chose. but I stuck it out. so please Mr, give me a job mate?"