Hundreds of thousands of benefit claimants face being stripped of their state allowances if they refuse to undergo treatment for anxiety and depression, under radical plans being drawn up by ministers. Existing welfare rules mean it is not possible to require claimants to have treatment, such as therapy or counselling, as a condition of receiving … Continue reading
DAVID Cameron is sick, he says, of “anti-business snobbery”. Speaking in London the other day, the Prime Minister denounced the “dangerous rhetoric” which holds that wealth creation, as he understands it, “is somehow anti-social, that people in business are out for themselves”. It’s not clear who is supposed to have said these things, but on … Continue reading
Upwards of 200,000 Britons didn’t suddenly decide they don’t want to work when David Cameron got his loafers under the Cabinet table. And hoards more young people didn’t wake up and think employment, education or training weren’t for them. The dole queues stretch 2.67 million back because the ConDem Coalition just isn’t working. The Chancellor, … Continue reading