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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Anger as Jeremy Hunt orders 600,000 workers to do more hours - despite childcare freeze

Charities have sounded the alarm over plans to tell 600,000 low-paid workers to get more hours - or risk losing their benefits.

People on Universal Credit who work 15 to 35 hours a week for minimum wage will be “required” to meet a work coach “to increase their hours or earnings”.

The government plan is touted as encouraging people into better-paid work.

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