Why does the government want to outflank the Tories on welfare reform with a proposal that unemployed people will be forced to take on placements or volunteer work once they have claimed benefits for over a year? It's partly stories like this: "A benefits cheat, who ripped off the taxpayer for more than £40,000 over six years, has been jailed for 12 months." It doesn't seem to have been difficult....
Posted on The Purple Scorpion
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Why welfare reform is popular
