Monday, July 16, 2007

Hain to coax lone parents and over 50s back to work

By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor
Published: 16 July 2007

Lone parents are to be targeted with "tough love" as part of a radical overhaul of the welfare system aimed at getting 2.3 million people to take jobs and move off benefits.

A Green Paper delivered to the Cabinet last week by Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will lay the foundation for the implementation of David Freud's report. It recommended that lone parents should be required to seek work if their youngest child is 12 years or over. continue...


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