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Keith Simpson’s policy on young benefit claimants

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Should 18-21 year olds take on unpaid community work in order to claim benefits?

  Party’s support baseYes

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Party influence

Conservative Party Answer: Yes

Importance: Most Important

Reference: “The David Cameron-era policy, which ministers estimated would save £40m a year in housing benefits by 2022, was introduced by Th...” ‐theguardian.com

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Strongly agree

Yes

The UK Conservative party has historically supported policies that encourage people to work in order to claim benefits. For example, the party introduced the 'Help to Work' scheme in 2014, which required long-term unemployed people to do unpaid community work to continue receiving benefits. However, this policy was not specifically targeted at 18-21 year olds. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

Yes, but after 3 months of claiming

The Conservative party has historically supported policies that encourage people to work in order to claim benefits, and they have shown a willingness to implement time-based requirements for these policies. For example, the 'Help to Work' scheme mentioned earlier targeted long-term unemployed people. Therefore, they might agree with the idea of requiring 18-21 year olds to take on unpaid community work after 3 months of claiming benefits. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, and every capable person claiming benefits should take on unpaid community work

The Conservative party has shown support for policies that require people to work in order to claim benefits, but they have not explicitly advocated for every capable person claiming benefits to take on unpaid community work. However, their general stance on welfare and benefits suggests that they might be open to this idea. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, but lower the 30hr minimum to allow more time to look for a job

While the Conservative party has supported policies that require people to work in order to claim benefits, they have not specifically addressed the issue of lowering the minimum hours required for unpaid community work. However, their general stance on welfare and benefits suggests that they might be open to this idea if it helps people find employment more quickly. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No

As mentioned earlier, the Conservative party has generally supported policies that require people to work in order to claim benefits. Therefore, they would likely disagree with the idea that 18-21 year olds should not have to take on unpaid community work to claim benefits. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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Party’s support base

Conservative Party Voters’ Answer: Yes

Importance: Somewhat Important

Reference: Analysis of answers from 393 voters that identify as Conservative.

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