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Discuss - Welfare Unemployment six months - Reduce benefits for those who refuse training


Reduce benefits for those who refuse training
Should benefits be reduced if young people unemployed for longer than 6 months refuse training?

Should benefits be reduced if young people unemployed for longer than 6 months refuse training?

Conservative "Unemployed 18 to 21-year olds would be given six months to find work or training. Their jobseeker's allowance (JSA) payments would be withdrawn unless they agreed to take take part in "community projects" such as cleaning up local parks." Source: BBC Politics, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29398907

Labour "Young unemployed people who refuse to take training courses to gain key skills could lose benefits under a Labour government, Ed Miliband says. Under the plan 18-21 year olds will only get Jobseeker's Allowance if they already have the skills to get a job." Source: BBC Politics, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27911518

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