Former Social Development and Employment Minister, Paula Bennett, has made a case for bringing back sanctions for those on the Jobseeker benefit.
There are 34,000 under-25-year-olds on the Jobseeker benefit.
Bennett is calling out the acceptance of this statistic, and questioning how we can rationalise the fact that more than 500 of them have been on welfare for longer than five years.
She told Kerre Woodham that it’s all about the direction from the Government.
Bennett said that currently the focus is on what their entitlements are as opposed to how to get them work ready.
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