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Tag Archives: Workfare
Why Tiffany, 24, knows how to get UK off benefits… Thanks to the Wisconsin workfare scheme David Cameron would love to emulate in Britain
Twelve months ago Tiffany Austin was at rock bottom. The single mother had no job, no prospects and little hope. Yet today she earns £16,000 a year as a bank teller, bursts with confidence and takes pride in the fact … Continue reading
Criminal past and rich tastes of boss at centre of jubilee security row
Molly Prince hit the spotlight last week over her company’s treatment of unpaid stewards during the royal celebrations. The former publican has founded her empire – which has won a reputed £850,000 Olympics contract – on trainee labour and government … Continue reading
Back to the workhouse
In all the debate about jubilee stewards sleeping under bridges, one big fact is being overlooked – Britain’s army of unpaid labour is growing bigger each month If the diamond jubilee celebrations were meant to somehow reflect 21st-century Britain, it … Continue reading
40,000 ordered to work for their dole: Ministers launch new crackdown on shirkers
Tens of thousands of dole claimants will be told to do unpaid community work or miss out on their benefits. Ministers will double the number who are signed up to a work-for-welfare scheme to nearly 40,000. Those who refuse to … Continue reading