UK's Mandatory work scheme does not improve job chances, research finds

DWP’s own assessment of mandatory work activity programme finds it has ‘no impact on the likelihood of being employed’ Thousands of jobseekers have been referred to a mandatory work scheme that has done nothing for their employment chances, has made them more likely to claim benefits in the long run, and may have had adverse consequences on their physical and mental health, government research has found. Published late on Tuesday evening, the Department for Work and Pensions’ own assessment of its mandatory work activity (MWA) programme was filed at the House of Commons library just three hours after the employment minister, Chris Grayling, announced that he would be pumping in millions of pounds of extra funding to expand the scheme so it could take up to 70,000 referrals a year. The government also announced that it would toughen up the sanctions regime making it even harder for those to temporarily sign off benefits to avoid being forced into unpaid work for up to four weeks .
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