PARENTS on benefits will now have to spend twice as long each week looking for work. They can now be ordered to spend as many as 30 hours trying to find a job — up from as little as 16 hours. Alter…
They can now be ordered to spend as many as 30 hours trying to find a job — up from as little as 16 hours.He adds: “That just isn’t fair. Not for the taxpayers who foot the benefit bill. Nor for the children growing up in workless households, who are FIVE TIMES more likely to be in poverty.
"We’re changing the system so parents of children aged three to 12 on Universal Credit will need to spend more time in work or job searching.” It follows a bumper childcare announcement which increased help to £951 a month for one child and £1,630 for two or more.FOR most children, seeing mum and dad work hard to support them brings home – literally – the value of work.
The Government’s reforms mean families are now at least £6,000 a year better off in full-time jobs than unemployed on benefits.But for some families work still isn’t the norm. That just isn’t fair.Nor for children growing up in workless households, who are five times more likely to be in poverty.
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