Charity says Benefit sanctions are ineffective and immoral

“Food banks and job clubs, run by churches and community organisations around the country are reporting increased numbers of destitute people asking for emergency help, who come to them with the story “I’ve been sanctioned”. Greg Smith, a long-standing supporter of Church Action on Poverty, explores just what that means”…………..

“As long as the state expects the churches to become the safety net for the failure of economic and employment policy, it is they (the government) and not the unemployed who deserve the name of ‘scrounger’.”

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