Business Insider:
Thousands more unemployed people will be forced to work for free or lose their benefits under controversial plans to be announced by the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, as the government is warned its drive to get people back into work appears to be floundering.
The scheme, under which the jobless are obliged to accept an unpaid work placement for a month to keep their benefits, will be “significantly extended” within the next two weeks, according to Whitehall sources.
The government believes forcing people to work or lose their benefits is inculcating a work habit in the 10,000 people currently on the programme and will be effective for others.
Categories: Crisis, Employment, Socioeconomics, UK