Lazy refusal to punish the British welfare reform work shall not receive benefits

　11, the British Government announced welfare reform program, promised to help the unemployed re-employment, warning if the unemployed refuse to work, live by the dole will face penalties.

Elimination of defects

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Welfare Reform Duncan Smith announced the program. Under this program, the British government will individuals and families from a wide variety of benefits, allowances and benefits paid to integrate and harmonize.

Duncan Smith said the existing welfare system is too complicated for the government to spend too much, difficult to detect fraud, not encourage re-employment or unemployed people to work longer hours. Reform program aimed at eliminating these drawbacks to create a simpler and fairer welfare system. This will be the 40 years since the last century, the British welfare system for the largest reform.

Encouraged to work

Duncan Smith made no secret to say that reforming the welfare system, an important objective is to encourage people to work. Under the reform program, if the unemployed do not apply for employment, refused employment opportunities presented by the Government or on a regular basis for 4 weeks to complete community work obligations, 3 months £ 65 per week will not receive the benefits. If the unemployed, "recidivism", suspended the dole of the time will be longer.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said the punitive measures in the reform program was "a clear message." "If you can work, live by the dole is no longer a viable option. "

To criticism

Sound reform program incurred some criticism. Critics say the reforms to the deterioration of the poor and unemployed, they can not be forced to find work on their own situation. In addition, the Government has failed to solve the lack of suitable employment opportunities for the status quo.

"Most of relief recipients to work," Oxfam said, "their debt to society as criminals should be punished, this is not a fair way. "

Duncan Smith believes that to create enough jobs are "critical", but do not want to work to eliminate the atmosphere is more important. "Over the past 10 years, about 150 million people do not work at least 9 years, relying on the dole to get by," he said, "In boom times, the social atmosphere of this dependence is not sustainable. But today, it has become a national crisis. "