Hunt cracks down on benefit claimants amid chronic shortage of workers
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#65YC2)
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Jeremy Hunt has launched a drive to halt an exodus from the British jobs market through a crackdown on benefit claimants.
The chancellor said the government would ask more than 600,000 further people on universal credit to meet a work coach" so that they can get the support they need" to increase their hours or earnings.
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