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Originally Posted by martyh
Think about it Gary ,25hrs work most likely easy menial work ,lets say dishwashing or stacking shelves .In return the claimant gets jsa ,full housing benefit ,free prescriptions council tax rebate and any other benefit you can think of so he/she gets the security of a life on benefits and the DWP is off their back about finding work .Doesn't sound like much of an incentive to take 25hrs paid work and lose most of the benefits
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Fair point about the housing benefit and such, but what about this and the other companies getting the free work and saving hundreds if not thousands of pounds in saved wages at the expense of the taxpayer?
not forgetting unpaid taxes.