Fake self-employment?
Are lthe ong-term unemployed on the Work Programme being steered away from jobs, and told they can claim more in benefits by registering as self-employed than they could on the dole.
5live reports that clients are being told that it doesn’t matter if they don’t have a viable business idea because they can simply claim working tax credits instead of unemployment benefits. What’s more the private firms which deliver the scheme are getting taxpayer funded bonuses in the process.
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Kirsty McHugh of ERSA puts forward a strong case for self-employment as a viable route out of unemployment.
