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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

DWP's new law that's set to sanction more benefit claimants is steamrollered by watchdog

A DWP crackdown that will lead to more benefit sanctions on jobseekers has been blasted by a key committee.

A new law on February 8 - passed without any scrutiny or a vote - slashed the amount of time before Brits are forced to accept a job outside their “preferred sector”.

Jobseekers can now be sanctioned if they refuse to take a job four weeks after starting their claim, down from three months.

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