Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said job vacancies will no longer be filled by foreign workers while "millions" of Britons stay on benefits because radical welfare reforms due to be unveiled by the Government will provide financial incentives.
Mr Duncan Smith is to launch the Welfare Reform Bill at an event in London today with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The proposals include replacing most existing benefits with a universal credit - designed to ensure people are always better off when they are employed, and close the loophole where some couples receive more living apart.
Those who refuse to take up job offers face losing their handouts for up to three years, and there will be tougher sanctions for fraud.
The Prime Minister will also announce moves to tackle the UK's "sicknote culture", pointing out that 300,000 people leave work and claim sickness benefits every year.
Details and a video at link.I seem to recall this new Conservative government also told the EU that British prisoners weren't getting the vote, no matter how much EU commissioners might stamp their little feet about it. Worms turning, sheep forming packs to hunt wolves, [your metaphor here].
You probably used one of the words on Fred's List of Forbidden Words, Pollyandrew. No, I don't know what they are -- it's a secret that only Mr. Pruitt knows, and possibly badanov. I don't even know where Mr. Pruitt keeps the list, which is probably just as well, although I'm sure it would be educational. ;-)
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The current government is not conservative, it is a coalition government of tories and lib-dems. That is one reason it is making changes. There is a broad consensus to cover left and right. We are going to need that kind of consensus here before we fix our problems.
The UK government said Tuesday that it would press American officials for an explanation of why an operative of Al Qaeda who admitted to aiding one of the plotters of the July 2005 terrorist attacks in London was released early from prison.
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his sentence was reduced by the United States District Court in Manhattan to time served after four years and eight months in prison. The term recommended under federal sentencing guidelines was 30 to 70 years.
Quite a reduction. You get a better deal if you are a foreign terrorist here than if you rob a bank.
Will they be releasing this guy to the sanctuary city of Berserkley?
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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said job vacancies will no longer be filled by foreign workers while "millions" of Britons stay on benefits because radical welfare reforms due to be unveiled by the Government will provide financial incentives.
