Tag Archives: Unemployment
Who benefits from claimants?
Private companies accept free labour under government plans The coalition government has finally launched its controversial new back-to-work scheme that will see those claiming benefits forced into compulsory work programmes or risk being excluded from receiving further social assistance. The new work programme, dubbed without irony ‘workfare’, is an attempt by the government to not [...]
Disability: A Claimant’s View
According to a recent OECD report, the UK already has one of the most stringent tests for assessing disability in the world. However, that has not stopped Labour introducing the ‘Employment and Support Allowance’, yet another ‘get-tough’ initiative aimed at reducing the 2.6 million claimants currently receiving Incapacity Benefit (IB). Labour have blamed the Tories [...]
Jobless Figures Escalate
The number of unemployed people has increased by 753,000 to reach 2.38 million, the largest increase since records began in 1971, according to figures just published by the National Statistics Office. Other figures reveal that the total number of people in employment for the three months to May 2009 has fallen to just under 29 [...]
