| Is it the End Times?!? |
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said job vacancies will no longer be filled by foreign workers while "millions" of Britons stay on benefits because radical welfare reforms due to be unveiled by the Government will provide financial incentives.Mr Duncan Smith is to launch the Welfare Reform Bill at an event in London today with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The proposals include replacing most existing benefits with a universal credit - designed to ensure people are always better off when they are employed, and close the loophole where some couples receive more living apart.
Those who refuse to take up job offers face losing their handouts for up to three years, and there will be tougher sanctions for fraud.
The Prime Minister will also announce moves to tackle the UK's "sicknote culture", pointing out that 300,000 people leave work and claim sickness benefits every year.
| Details and a video at link.I seem to recall this new Conservative government also told the EU that British prisoners weren't getting the vote, no matter how much EU commissioners might stamp their little feet about it. Worms turning, sheep forming packs to hunt wolves, [your metaphor here]. |