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Tough new welfare rules will strip unemployed claimants of their benefits for up to three years if they refuse the opportunity to work.
Unemployed people who turn down offers of work, refuse to apply for appropriate jobs or fail to turn up for mandatory community work will lose their £65-a-week Job Seekers Allowance, said Prime Minister David Cameron.
The measure, included in the Welfare Reform White Paper being published on Thursday by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, is intended to be in place before 2013 in an effort to cut the bill for JSA, which is claimed by 1.5 million people.
The allowance will be removed for three months on a first offence, six months the second time and three years on the third breach of the new rules. JobCentre advisers are expected to have the power to strip errant jobseekers of JSA and there will be no right of appeal, said officials.
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Job advisers already have the power to remove JSA for up to 26 weeks from people who fail to take up offers of employment, but the sanction is very rarely applied.
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Why not?
through fear of violence, or the fact that there's only a few that fall foul of it?
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Those losing income from JSA will be able to apply for a hardship allowance, worth 60-70% of the benefit (around £39-£44 a week), but this is not expected to be available in many cases.
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Why not?
Actually they will. they won't be allowed to put anyone into poverty and this £39-£44 will be claimed. so there will be no such thing as 'losing your benefits' after all?
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