{"id":43832,"date":"2023-10-25T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43832"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:19:13","slug":"universal-credit-change-to-require-parents-to-look-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/universal-credit-change-to-require-parents-to-look-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Credit change to require parents to look for work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parents on Universal Credit with children aged three to 12 will be required to spend more time looking for work from today, October 25.<\/p>\n

Parents will now have to agree with their work coach to spend more time in work or looking for work, up to 30 hours a week.<\/p>\n

Individual commitments will be tailored to meet a parent’s circumstances such as the availability of childcare.<\/p>\n

This comes after the Government increased childcare support for claimants, now providing up-front and increased costs of up to \u00a3951 a month for one child and up to \u00a31,630 for two or more children.<\/p>\n

Work and pensions secretary, Mel Stride, said: \u201cWe are pulling down barriers that stop parents working and fulfilling their potential, because we know full time work not only benefits mum and dad but the whole family too.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese changes will support thousands on their back to work journey. We\u2019re backing working families, and as they step up for their careers, we are taking action to halve inflation, grow the economy and make everyone\u2019s money go further.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, critics of the new requirements have branded the policy \u201cinhumane\u201d in a Parliament petition opposing the move, which has had over 23,000 signatures at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

The petition states: \u201cThis is short-sighted, inhumane and signals a change in how the welfare state values parenting despite saving on the cost of state-funded childcare; regarding unpaid care work as less valuable to society.<\/p>\n

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\u201cParents will also need to meet with a job coach every month with no childcare provided to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cNurseries don’t have space or staff to deal with extra children. This could devalue parent-child bonding, drive families into debt and exacerbate a mental health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the petition has reached 10,000 signatures, the Government is now required to provide a response.<\/p>\n