Opposition Day — Job Offer Those On Jobseeker's Allowance Must Take Up or Lose Their Benefits — 11 Feb 2015 at 16:19

The majority of MPs voted against providing those who've been on Jobseeker's Allowance for a period an offer of a paid job with training that they must take up or lose their benefits. The proposal was this would be paid for by a one-off repeat of the tax on bankers’ bonuses and restricting pension tax relief on incomes over £150,000.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That this House
• calls on the Government to put a strict limit on the amount of time that people can be left on jobseeker’s allowance without being offered, and required to take up, paid work, by introducing a compulsory jobs guarantee that would ensure that anyone under 25 who has been receiving jobseeker’s allowance for a year, and anyone over 25 who has been receiving jobseeker’s allowance for two years, would be offered a paid job, with training, that they must take up or face losing benefits; and
• further calls on the Government to ensure this compulsory jobs guarantee be fully funded by a one-off repeat of the tax on bankers’ bonuses and restricting pension tax relief on incomes over £150,000.

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