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dc.contributor.authorReed, Howard*
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-12T09:50:10Zen
dc.date.available2014-12-12T09:50:10Zen
dc.date.issued2014-12-12
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78077-779-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/337096
dc.description<p>This report looks at the application of sanctions in the UK social security system. Sanctions are defined as the reduction or withdrawal of benefits from claimants on the grounds that they have failed to observe the conditions attached to their benefit claim. Whilst successive Governments have increased use of sanctions in the system, the current Government has expanded conditionality criteria and increased the length of sanctions since October 2012.&nbsp; This was to align non-compliance of conditionality more to changes under Universal Credit, and to make conditions for receipt of benefit clearer.</p> <p>This report finds that there is no evidence that increased use of sanctions in Jobcentre Plus districts between October 2012 and June 2014 led to decreased unemployment or increased employment. It therefore seems that sanctions are not supporting the Government&rsquo;s aim of reducing unemployment.</p>en_US
dc.format.extent32en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam GBen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/how-effective-are-benefits-sanctions-an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-337096
dc.subjectInequality
dc.titleHow Effective are Benefits Sanctions? An investigation into the effectiveness of the post-2012 sanctions regime for Jobseeker's Allowance claimantsen_US
dc.typeResearch reporten_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.en_US
oxfam.subject.countryUnited Kingdomen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordUK povertyen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordPoverty in the UKen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordSocial protectionen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordWelfareen_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-16T17:59:26Z


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