The Tories were right: workfare really works
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Employment experts have expressed great surprise at figures which indicate considerable success for schemes which oblige the long-term unemployed to look intensively for work and to undertake voluntary work in order to be eligible for benefits. Many benefit claimants have withdrawn their claim, and it is presumed that there were high levels of people making fraudulent claims. The Conservative party's manifesto for the forthcoming general election will contain a commitment to make all the long-term unemployed work for their benefits.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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'The right to divorce is more important than many civil liberties including freedom of speech and freedom to vote.' (mixed views on the freedom to divorce)(Column)
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Some observers in the UK believe that people are now divorcing without really thinking about the consequences for their children. Divorce does not harm all children, but it is quite common for this to be the case. Divorce may also have an impact on the civil values which are learnt within the family. In contrast, other people believe that divorce need not necessarily bring permanent damage to families, and that the right to divorce is an extremely important civil liberty.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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