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Benefits and Work

The government is overhauling the welfare system, and bringing in one universal benefit. So if you're unemployed, what would get you working?

The government is overhauling the welfare system.

In future, there will be one universal benefit paid to the unemployed, new sanctions for those who turn down jobs, and a cap on the amount of benefits that can be paid to a single family.

So if you're unemployed, what would get you working? And if you're an employer, have you got the jobs to give to people who have been long-term unemployed?

Shelagh Fogarty takes calls from listeners, including a caller who doesn't see what's wrong with living off taxpayers' money rather than working. Call 0500 909693 [free from some landlines, charges for mobiles and other networks will vary].

1 hour

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  • Thu 17 Feb 2011 09:00