Plaintiff claimed being forced to work stopped her voluntary work. Shouldn't see have been pursuing paid work if she needed benefits?
@jackschofield Know it's tough, but don't understand why letting folk elect when/where they work and claim benefits is a good thing?
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@bazzacollins Being forced to do voluntary work or community service is one thing. Subsidising a money-making corporation is another. -
@jackschofield I agree that shelf-stacking for supermarkets is poor, but I agree with the principle of the policy. -
@bazzacollins If people *choose* unpaid work experience, that's fine with me. They shouldn't be bullied into bad, zero-paid commercial work.
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@bazzacollins That's not what it's about. It's about being *forced* to work for nothing (in this case, in Poundland) or benefits withdrawn. -
@jackschofield@bazzacollins I’d have no objection to unemployed electing to do, say, 12 weeks voluntary work as an agreed amount. -
@jonhoneyball@jackschofield Difficult to construct a policy that covers both those who refuse to work and those who simply can't find work -
@bazzacollins@jonhoneyball True. It requires intelligence at the end-point. Instead,@David_Cameron and@atos have programmatic stupidity.
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