Ricardo Menendez-March: Welfare sanctions "punishing unemployed people" - Politics Central

From tomorrow, beneficiaries will need to comply with two more obligations to continue receiving welfare. 

They will need to provide evidence of at least three job searches a week for four weeks, and attend employment-related training courses for at least five hours a week for four weeks. 

The sanctions are aimed at increasing employability, but critics think it's punishing beneficiaries for being out of work. 

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