Article 65YC2 Hunt cracks down on benefit claimants amid chronic shortage of workers

Hunt cracks down on benefit claimants amid chronic shortage of workers

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Richard Partington Economics correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#65YC2)

More to be asked to meet a work coach' but experts cite jump in long-term sickness due to gaps in public services

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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