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Fake Self-Employment in the Work Programme

Should welfare to work advisers really be telling the long-term unemployed to become self-employed? What's going on and is the taxpayer being ripped off?

Why would welfare to work advisers tell the long-term unemployed to become self-employed? Adrian Goldberg hears from a range of jobless people who've been told to turn their hobbies into businesses and top-up their incomes with Working Tax Credit - even when they'll not earn a living. But, while Work Programme providers hit their targets, and the unemployment figures fall, is the taxpayer simply being ripped off?

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Sun 3 Feb 2013 11:00

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  • Sun 3 Feb 2013 11:00

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