Tories Scrap Mandatory ‘Work For Your Benefits’ Scheme

‘The Government has scrapped a deeply controversial ‘work for your benefits’ scheme, which has seen thousands of jobseekers forced into ‘unpaid labour’ since it was first introduced in 2011.

Buried away in the small print of George Osborne’s Spending Review, the government has announced not to renew the ‘Mandatory Work Activity’ programme and compulsory ‘Community Work Placements’.

The move means that the widely condemned schemes will begin to be abolished from next spring, with the last referrals made at this time.’

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