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20/01/2014
Labour Lay Out Skills Expectations For JSA Claimants
Labour have called for all new claimants to meet a basic skills standard in order to qualify for benefits.
Under the plans people making a new claim for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) would be expected to take a basic skills test, involving English, maths and computing, within six weeks in order to qualify.
Making the announcement, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves, added that claimants who have worked but then lost a job could initially receive levels of JSA.
(MH/CD)
Under the plans people making a new claim for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) would be expected to take a basic skills test, involving English, maths and computing, within six weeks in order to qualify.
Making the announcement, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves, added that claimants who have worked but then lost a job could initially receive levels of JSA.
(MH/CD)
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