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Democratic Unionists policy on young benefit claimants

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

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Public statements

Answer: Yes

Reference: “ Commenting on the findings, Minister Storey said: “The aim of Welfare Reform is to simplify the benefit system and make work pa...” ‐mydup.com

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Strongly agree

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

The DUP has supported welfare reforms and measures to encourage people to work, including the introduction of Universal Credit in Northern Ireland. They may agree with the idea of every capable person claiming benefits taking on unpaid community work, as it aligns with their general stance on welfare and work. 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

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has historically supported welfare reforms and measures to encourage people to work. However, they have not specifically advocated for 18-21 year olds to take on unpaid community work in order 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.

Agree

Yes, but after 3 months of claiming

The DUP has supported welfare reforms and measures to encourage people to work, so they may agree with the idea of requiring unpaid community work after 3 months of claiming benefits. This would be in line with their general stance on welfare and work, although they have not specifically advocated for this policy. 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 DUP has supported welfare reforms and measures to encourage people to work, they have not specifically advocated for lowering the minimum hours for unpaid community work. However, they may be open to this idea as a compromise to help claimants find employment more easily. 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.

Disagree

No

As mentioned earlier, the DUP has supported welfare reforms and measures to encourage people to work. Therefore, they would likely disagree with the idea of not requiring 18-21 year olds to take on unpaid community work in order 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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