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Guardian
Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 May 2012 20.00 BST
With reader comments
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/22/jobseekers-alcohol-drug-addiction-benefits-cut
Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 May 2012 20.00 BST
With reader comments
Unemployed people suspected of suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction will have their benefits cut if they refuse treatment for their condition, the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, will signal on Wednesday.
In a sign of the government's new benefits regime, which lies at the heart of Duncan Smith's cost-cutting welfare changes, staff in Jobcentre Plus offices will be encouraged to cut the jobseeker's allowance of claimants who reject treatment for addiction.
The new rules will come into place next April when the universal credit, which is designed to wrap benefits into one payment, is introduced.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/22/jobseekers-alcohol-drug-addiction-benefits-cut