Community work placements

Community Work Placements were a UK Government workfare scheme under which unemployed claimants had to work for up to 26 weeks/30 hours in order to continue to receive Jobseekers Allowance[1] The policy has been criticized by a number of organizations. Community Work Placements (CWPs) were launched at the start of 2014, but it was announced in November 2015, that the DWP was "not renewing" them.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Community Work Placements - ESF". Dwp.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Department for Work and Pensions' settlement at the Spending Review". DWP. 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ Shiv Malik (3 November 2014). "DWP orders man to work without pay for company that let him go". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Kevin Curley (20 May 2014). "Kevin Curley: Community work placements are offensive - not to mention unworkable". Third Sector.


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