Johnson turns on the jobless
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced new, harsher rules on sanctioning Universal Credit claimants. Previously, jobseekers had three months in which they could look for jobs in their preferred sector. Now, they must start accepting jobs in any line of work after four weeks or face sanctions. Remember, most claimants won’t even have received a payment until the fifth week. The government has done this because they want to ram people into the burgeoning vacancies in industries like construction and social care. They are using the threat of sanctions to push people into lines...