{"id":58043,"date":"2022-09-21T23:47:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T23:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/09\/21\/universal-credit-rules-to-be-tightened-under-chancellors-plans\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T23:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T23:47:30","slug":"universal-credit-rules-to-be-tightened-under-chancellors-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/09\/21\/universal-credit-rules-to-be-tightened-under-chancellors-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Credit rules to be tightened under chancellor&#8217;s plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Thousands more part-time workers could see their benefits cut if they don&#8217;t take &#8220;active steps&#8221; to work more as part of a proposed welfare reform.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to announce a restructuring of the welfare system to &#8220;put Britain back to work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Part of the plan targets Universal Credit beneficiaries who work up to 15 hours a week at the national subsistence level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Labour&#8217;s Jonathan Ashworth said the plan threatens low wage earners with sanctions if they don&#8217;t work hard enough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Mr Kwarteng is set to lay out new Prime Minister Liz Truss&#8217; plans for dealing with the cost-of-living crisis in a mini-budget on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Mini budget: when is it and what could be in it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Currently, Universal Credit beneficiaries who work up to 12 hours a week on the National Living Wage risk having their benefits cut if they don&#8217;t take steps to increase their income and meet regularly with a work coach. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Now, as part of Chancellor&#8217;s reform, that requirement is being extended to people on Universal Credit who work up to 15 hours a week at the national subsistence level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >This change, which is expected to take effect from January 2023, is expected to affect approximately 120,000 additional benefit claimants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The Treasury said certain groups would remain exempt from sanctions, including people who are unable to work due to a long-term illness or disability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Mr Ashworth, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonAshworth\/status\/1572705420954800135\" >tweeted<\/a>: \u201cThis is how Tory ministers think [the] The reason we have over a million vacancies is because the low paid don&#8217;t work hard enough and they need to be threatened with sanctions, but bankers need boost bonuses.  We need a serious plan to help people get back to work and increase labor supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The Treasury said rising economic inactivity among the over-50s was &#8220;contributing to bottlenecks in the labor market, driving up inflation and limiting growth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >It said a return to pre-pandemic activity rates in the over-50s could &#8220;boost GDP levels by up to 1 percentage point&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Chancellor Kwarteng said: &#8220;While unemployment is at its lowest level in almost fifty years, the high number of remaining vacancies and inactivity in the labor market are limiting economic growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He added: &#8220;These incremental changes are focused on getting people back to work and maximizing the hours people put in to help the economy grow and raise living standards for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands more part-time workers could see their benefits cut if they don&#8217;t take &#8220;active steps&#8221; to work more as part of a proposed welfare reform. 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