Introduce time limits on claiming combined housing subsidies, council tax support and Universal Credit for all able-bodied working-age adults. Require active job-seeking and skills development for all able-bodied working-age adults who claim housing and welfare benefits.
Pat McFadden
Work & Pensions Secretary
Review welfare policies to incentivise work
Require able-to-work benefit claimants to participate in community work schemes
Mandate a minimum 2-year prison sentence for benefit fraud & penalise offenders
Concerns about welfare support provision
Allow and require all asylum seekers who are able to work, to seek work
Introduce time limits on claiming combined housing subsidies, council tax support and Universal Credit for all able-bodied working-age adults. Require active job-seeking and skills development for all able-bodied working-age adults who claim housing and welfare benefits.
Review welfare policies to incentivise work
Require able-to-work benefit claimants to participate in community work schemes
Mandate a minimum 2-year prison sentence for benefit fraud & penalise offenders
Concerns about welfare support provision
Allow and require all asylum seekers who are able to work, to seek work