Lone parents in receipt of Income Support who have a child between the age of 3-4 will be required to undertake ‘mandatory work related activity’ "to better prepare them for the full work-related requirements they will face when their child turns 5".
The changes will also apply to lone parents in the ‘Work Related Activity Group’ (WRAG) of the sickness benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Local authority childcare schemes will be made available to allow the changes to come into effect and help free up lone parents to partake in the new requirements. Up to fifteen hours of free childcare will be available for those affected.
Income Support claimants with a child between the age of 1-4 will also be required to take part in work focused interviews at their nearest Jobcentre. The time and duration ‘will be tailored to the needs of the lone parent’.
http://welfarenewsservice.com/unemployed-lone-parents-to-be-forced-into-unpaid-work-placements/
Presumably those looking after the children for fifteen hours by local authority childcare schemes will be paid a wage whilst the mother does unpaid work. Separating young children from their mothers seems to be the priority. This is just another attack on the family.
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