JOBCENTRE insiders have revealed the most vulnerable claimants are being targeted because they are easier to penalise.
SCORECARDS are being kept at Jobcentres across Britain to encourage staff to get claimants off benefits.
The Department for Work and Pensions have set up a sanctions league table, with Jobcentres keeping a score of how they are doing at stopping benefits.
According to Jobcentre insiders, the league system on squeezing benefits means that the most vulnerable claimants are being targeted because they are easier to penalise.
Last night, Glasgow Labour MP Willie Bain said: “We are getting people ringing up about improper sanctions being imposed at Springburn and Parkhead. We have people sanctioned for 13 weeks when they shouldn’t have been.”
Ministers have denied information is collected as a league table but a leaked DWP graph shows precise information is kept on how Jobcentres are performing at stopping benefits.
