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The charity's intervention emerged as the DWP published figures showing the total number of sanctions against benefit claimants in the year to September 2013 was 897,690, the highest figure for any 12-month period since jobseeker's allowance (JSA) was introduced in 1996.
The figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions cover employment support allowance (ESA) and JSA.
The figures published yesterday also showed that independent tribunals were upholding nine out of 10 appeals against the DWP. Before the coalition, the number of successful tribunal appeals in any 12-month period was well under 2,000. It has risen to more than 14,000.
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Sanctions save money.
Sanctions punish the poor.
Sanctions cause hardship.
Sanctions are the norm.
When sanctioned, you are taken off the unemployment head count. ie: you're to believe they've found a job.
you can see why it's encouraged to hand out sanctions all day long. can't you.
So when you hear on the news that unemployment figures have gone down.
just remember that what it most likely is, is that they have stopped thousands more of peoples money by way of sanctions.
and that a percentage of these people will turn to crime to get money that has been took from them.
So logically crime is increasing, and will increase constantly. and the sacrifice is to save money.
a percentage of the crimes taking place will be costing you money.
https://www.scriptonitedaily.com/201...yment-figures/