Tens of thousands of benefit claimants will face lower payments if they fail to look for work, under a clampdown to be announced by Jeremy Hunt.
In a move to create a dividing line with Labour, the chancellor will set out plans to reduce state support for unemployed people who do not actively look for work or fail to accept job offers.
The sanctions regime will form part of a package of welfare measures to be announced by Hunt in next month’s autumn statement.
About 90,000 people who have been sanctioned for failing to look for work will find it harder to make new claims for universal credit. The move is designed to focus on those who do not “engage” with job centres or
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