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How many of these unemployed over 2 years are there? What (some examples maybe) "big" companies are going to benefit from this? Anyway, I would ask why those unemployed (for over 2 years) "cannot" find work when there are many that can and do. I completely agree it should NOT be an excuse for...

As I read it from the BBC news site, the proposals if for those who have been unemployed for over 2 years will need to go on work placements to keep their benefits. Many years ago, I was unemployed for a short while. The benefits then weren't great and experience of that meant that I would...

OK, so the numbers of people who are able to work but don't is "quite low". Eh? I thought you said above that the numbers affected were quite low so it's not really supplying this "cheap labour" is it?

Well, proving it's a case of "won't" work rather than "can't" will always be a tricky one. I'm not saying it's something simple/easy to do but we shouldn't just ignore/sweep it under the carpet just because it's hard to do. In reality, there probably wouldn't be many starving as those that...

No if they can't work, yes if they won't work.